Artwork
Δίκαιο -2- Μελέτη με Διαστάσεις
Δίκαιο -2- Μελέτη με Διαστάσεις is a drawing by Mylona Alex. It dates from 1985 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus.
About this work
She tried different ways to arrange the letters before carving them in stone later.
This 1985 drawing shows thick black letters floating in warm colors. The letters spell out values like justice and truth in blocky Greek text. Small sketches around the edges test how light hits the blocks.
Alex Mylona used color and shading to make the words feel solid. She tried different ways to arrange the letters before carving them in stone later.
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Overview
In 1985 Alex Mylona produced a drawing that explores the visual potential of Greek block letters representing abstract values such as Justice, Truth, Love and others. The composition features bold black letterforms set against a warm‑toned background, with peripheral sketches that investigate how illumination interacts with the three‑dimensionality of the forms.
Subject & Meaning
The work belongs to a broader inquiry in which Mylona isolates fundamental human ideals—Love, Truth, Justice, Fairness, Peace, and Eros—and renders each as a typographic object. By treating these concepts as tangible blocks, the artist foregrounds their role as guiding principles for societal relations.
Technique & Style
Mylona employs dense cross‑hatching and shading to give the black letters a sense of volume, suggesting how they might appear once carved in stone. The surrounding sketches function as experimental studies, varying composition, scale and light direction to refine the eventual sculptural form.
History & Provenance
The drawing formed part of a series of preparatory studies for a planned set of sculptures. From this series, the words “Love” and “Justice” were realized in stone with isometric lettering and installed in the courtyard of the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Thessaloniki International Fair (D.E.T.H.).
Context
Created in the mid‑1980s, the piece reflects a period when Greek contemporary artists were revisiting language as visual material, linking modernist typographic experiments with classical notions of civic virtue.
Artist & collection
Artist
Museum
Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
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