Nikolas Ventourakis

Greek photographer Nikolas Ventourakis creates works that challenge the assumptions of his viewers. Fundamentally, the central point of his work is the denial of a resolution. As well as this, they are also an invitation to consider artworks that might have a documentary value as abstract creations of situations. Eventually, we then project onto these what is recognisable and familiar to us.

Importantly, Ventourakis’ fascination lies in our need for stories to be conclusive. He is interested in apparent and, in particular, simple pictures that cannot and do not explain a given situation.

Photographic Narrative

Consequently, it is easy to fall into misinterpretations of his projects. In a similar way, it is easy to make assumptions when the information provided is just short of having a clear conclusion. In this instance, the viewer and participant fills in the missing blanks. For instance, on the first reading, those blanks are confronted by using a conventional abstract knowledge. Above all, he asks us to reconsider and question what we are really looking at with the realisation that all narrative pointers are missing.