Opy Zouni's previous and current work is a proposal for a new standard in the plastic arts. In constant research and pursuit of the perfection of this standard, her work undu- lates from ordinary coherent reasoning to analytical and rational ad and to emotional expression, making its presence evident in the Hellenic and international art-scene.
Let us take a closer look at her work and the artistic and aesthetic values she brings out. Her sculpture and painting are both distinctive: they originate from the fundamental principles of geometry and analytical ad, but Zouni enhances them by integrating rationalism with sensationalism, two schools which are in direct conflict in pure geometric art. Opy Zouni has managed to bring them together in a creative interaction.
The frequent reference and research of values which are often found in other trends of modern art allow us to infer that their presence and dual character in Zouni's work are the result of a conscious and deliberate decision.
In contrast with the unmistakable feeling of organization brought out by the geometric forms, the "artistic" aspects in her works emanate sensations. Their dynamics is in no way lacking in terms of structured geometry, but the energy it contains ultimately binds reason with emotion. The geometric language arranges the composition and art sets all reason alight.
This attachment of reason to emotion, which may appear contradictory, is, in essence, enigmatic, It is a creative and symmetric lack of cohesion which integrates medieval elements with Renaissance realism.
In her work, Opy Zouni devotedly preserves order and underlines this order with nature, either as an explicit or as an implied element. Screens in vivid colours signify reality by interpreting our optical experience and "recording" nature in a combination of three elements: *the geometric order which is found in nature and in the essence of things * the metaphysical exhilaration generated by colour and the truthfulness of light in our environment * the suggestion of an "artistic"-plastic representation of an experience derived from the real world.
Opy Zouni's work is here to tell us that this civilization, which has its origins deeply rooted in the recesses of antiquity and which flourished under the light 80 of the Mediterranean sun, can rise from its ashes with renewed youth.
It is here to narrate, in an enigmatic and fascinating way, the close relation between Pythagoras' numbers and Paracelsus' circles.
The uniqueness in Zouni's work derives from her unyielding endeavour and toil to investigate the reality which surrounds her, allowing it to be filterde through the innermost labyrinth of her soul.