Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Costa Magarakis

Costa Magarakis is a Tel Aviv-based artist who takes footwear far beyond its functional purpose.His work often incorporates dark and shadowy themes, making the shoes appear more like haunting apparitions than everyday wear.His work can be expressed as a gothic wonderland illuminating the grey area between truths and lies. Different types of glass, bronze, resin, clay, paint, and other media are used to craft the pieces, typically on fiberglass structures.His heeled figurines combine mythology, religion, and science with modern symbols and icons and depict grotesque imagery of surreal machines and impossible worlds.Magarakis’ work has often been seen as a commentary on our relationship with fashion and consumerism.

By twisting a familiar object into something unsettling, he compels us to question the societal pressures surrounding footwear and appearance.

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