Fanis
Rachoutis, ''Maternity'' 3,90 x 1,20 x 1,10 cm aluminium,
the
base was made of Chios Greek marble
The
Fetal Medicine Foundation chose and assigned the project “Maternity”
the sculptor Fanis Rachoutis, for the Fetal
Medicine Research Institute
No.16-20 Windsor Walk
in London.
The new centre, which
opened in 2015, aims to provide a high level of care for pregnant
women and their unborn babies. The new centre will be actively
involved in research into pregnancy complications and in the training
of doctors in fetal medicine. Provides care for pregnant women by
doctors who have trained in ultrasound scanning and fetal medicine
under Professor Kypros Nicolaides.
The
sculpture '' Maternity '' presents a curvilinear pregnant female
form. It refers to the collective memory of a primitive fertility
symbol and coding through a concentrated symbolism, the
characteristics of a Mother - Goddess.
The
issue of maternity is at the artistic creation of Fanis Rachoutis in
various versions and materials: large and small sculptures in
plaster, marble, metal and wood in an attempt to deliver through art,
the deeper meaning of the gestation of a new life and maternity as an
absolute value with universal dimension.
Professor Kypros Nicolaides - sculptor Fanis Rachoutis
The
Fanis Rachoutis sculpture retains the power and Greek beauty. The
fertile creation, and absorbed influences assimilated conquests
summarizing the tradition of the great masters of art. His interest
focuses on the fundamentals of the language of sculpture, mass,
volume, composition, motion and energy emitted by the plastic form.
Investigates, analyzes and synthesizes the anthropomorphic forms,
trying to exhaust their expressive possibilities.
As
a sculptor and as a man, she maintains a deep humanity and a quality
rooted in popular sentiment. These elements are constant starting any
search throughout his artistic career.
Born
in Mytilene in 1949 and raised in Athens. He studied sculpture in
Rome Fine Arts in the workshop of the great Italian sculptor Pericle
Fazzini. He continued his studies in the glass art in Venice and wood
art in Florence.
He
was professor of art education in public schools and is president of
the nonprofit cultural company 'Evian Arts Centre' founded in Greece
by the painter wife Evmorfia Ghika Rachouti.
His
work has been presented in solo, group and international exhibitions
in Greece and other countries. He selected and participated in
international symposia of monumental sculpture and works are in
public spaces, galleries and private collections in Greece, Cyprus,
Italy, Tunisia, Poland, England, etc.
He
is a member tou Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, the Greek Sculptors
Association, the Association of teachers of artistic Greek courses,
the International Association of Monumental Sculpture AIESM and the
International Association of Artists IUOMA.
Keeps sculpture lab in
New Artaki Evvoias and collaborates with the atelier ERGO Art Lab in
Lugano, splitting the time of his artistic activity between Greece
and Switzerland.
