By Michalis Karaiskos

The Archbishop

Painting
56 x 38 x 4 cm

£2,000.00
About the Artwork

The Archbishop depicts a solitary figure whose identity hovers between the human and the non-human. Robed and poised, it recalls familiar rituals of authority, yet something in its presence resists legibility. The work holds its stillness without resolution, allowing space for doubt, projection, and unease, while brushing against deeper structures of order, exclusion, and belief. It does not offer a narrative, but a threshold between roles, categories, and recognisable forms. Rather than define what is seen, the painting remains deliberately opaque, inviting viewers to stay with its ambiguity and the quiet discomfort it may ask them to carry.

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Details

Medium: Painting

Year: 2024

Size: 56 x 38 x 4 cm

Ready to Hang: Yes

The work is an unframed oil painting on stretched linen. It does not have D-rings or wire but can be hung directly from the upper stretcher bar using standard hooks or screws. No special hardware is required.

Michalis Karaiskos

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Michalis Karaiskos (b. 1979, Cyprus) is a visual artist of Cypriot and Greek-Egyptian heritage based in London. He holds an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, and an Integrated Master's from the Athens School of Fine Arts. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts (London), and the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (Latvia). He won the James H. Pinto Painting Prize (2022) and the K-Droz Art Prize (2020). He will attend the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency in 2026.

Hypha Studios Artist: Taste the Difference' at Hypha Gallery East Village in 2023

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