ETNIK (born in 1972) - Fire element (φωτιά), 2019 - Acrylic, spray paint and marker on wood, signed, dated and titled on the back - 116 x 89 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Water element (νερό), 2019 - Acrylic, spray paint and marker on wood, signed, dated and titled on the back - 116 x 89 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Air element (αέρας), 2019 - Acrylic, spray paint and marker on wood, signed, dated and titled on the back - 116 x 89 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Earth element (γη), 2019 - Acrylic, spray paint and marker on wood, signed, dated and titled on the back - 116 x 89 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Universe element (σύμπαν), 2019 - Acrylic, spray paint and marker on wood, signed, dated and titled on the back - 116 x 89 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - 5 LMNZ, 2019 - Tinted and woven wool on burlap, mounted on a frame, signed, dated on the back on a bolduc. Unique piece handmade - 110 x 117 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Air element (αέρας), 2019 - Woven wool on burlap, signed, dated and titled on the back - 53 x 53 cm

ETNIK (né en 1972) - Earth element (γη), 2019 - Laine tissée sur toile de jute, signée, datée et titrée au dos - 53 x 53 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Fire element (φωτιά), 2019 - Woven wool on burlap, signed, dated and titled on the back - 53 x 53 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Universe element (σύμπαν), 2019 - Woven wool on burlap, signed, dated and titled on the back - 53 x 53 cm

ETNIK (born in 1972) - Water element (νερό), 2019 - Woven wool on burlap, signed, dated and titled on the back - 53 x 53 cm


GCA Gallery PARIS is pleased to present “5 SOLID METAPHOR”, a solo show by the artist ETNIK, from December 6th 2019 to January 11th 2020.

5 SOLID METAPHOR is a project that started one year ago, with the first wall of the project painted in Florida, USA. All this project is an extension of the path of the artist about the urban agglomeration.

The project, that includes 5 murals and 5 installations, is developed in 10 different cities between Europe and USA and a final show in Paris with 10 + 1 new works:
5 artworks on wood, 5 + 1 yute canvases and a photo reportage describing this “1 year project”.

The concept of this proposal comes from Plato’s theory: he wrote his Timeo dialogues (360 b. C.) where he is wondering about the primary questions about the birth and grown of the Cosmos and how to describe the abstract concepts with rational forms.

The 5 elements that Plato describes to compose the Cosmos are: Fire, Water, Air and Earth and a late fifth element that represents the Universe.

Plato’s mathematic concept combines every natural element to a rational solid, so we can see that AIR is an Octahedron, WATER is an Icosahedron, EARTH is a Cube, FIRE a Tetrahedron and the Fifth element, the UNIVERSE, is symbolized by a Dodecahedron.

In the artistic process of ETNIK to analyze and paint the Dualism between the CITY and the NATURE from a Graffiti writer point of view, he represents all the contradictions of every city as overbuilding, less space for green, less equilibrium, decadence and in the 5 SOLID METAPHOR every of these 5 element is the subject of his work.