EROS

At the marble workshop where I was working on some other pieces, my eyes fell upon two large, elongated slabs lying next to each other. It looked as if they were once a single mass, now torn in two. The word that instantly came to mind was “Eros”. I took them, stood them upright, sculpted them, and placed them close together, leaving a bit of space between them, a small gap. I then positioned them together on a common base, defining in my own way the image of love. Two independent entities that maintain their autonomy, side by side, close,

upright, vertical. The great paradox of love is the force and pressure it applies for union. Yet, at the same time, the same force is needed to maintain the individuality of each person so that love can endure.

VD

Since June 2026, the work Eros has been placed on permanent display in front of the National Gallery Nafplion Annex.