An alluring object tempts the viewer with charm, sweetness, and play. Upon engagement, it reveals an endless loop, promising satisfaction while withholding it. Beneath its cheerful surface, the work reflects on cycles of desire, control, and complicity, where the lines between benevolent and malevolent, reward and frustration blur. Influenced by contemporary design and childhood aesthetics, it borrows visual cues from weaponry and confectionery alike, transforming symbols of conflict into seductive, toy-like forms. The tension between facade and substance invites reflection.

Costas Xanthis was born in 1991 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where he works and lives. He was admitted to the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2018-2019 and graduated in 2023 from the Sculpture Faculty. He also obtained a bachelor's degree from the Department of Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. As an artist, he works with many materials, i.e. plastics, plexiglass, wood, and ceramics, while continuously creating in 3D. His work has been exhibited in many venues both in Greece and abroad.

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Privlačen predmet premami gledalstvo s šarmom, prijetnim videzom in igrivostjo, nato pa se razkrije neskončna zanka, ki sicer obljublja zadovoljstvo, a ga hkrati zadržuje. Delo kljub igrivemu videzu ponuja razmislek o ciklih želje, nadzora in sostorilstva, kjer so meje med dobronamernim in zlonamernim, med prednostjo in frustracijo zabrisane. Pod vplivom sodobnega oblikovanja in otroške estetike si izposoja vizualne znake orožja, pa tudi  slaščic, ter spreminja simbole konfliktov v zapeljive, igračam podobne oblike. Tovrstna napetost med videzom in vsebino vabi k razmisleku.

Costas Xanthis se je rodil leta 1991 v Solunu v Grčiji, kjer dela in živi. V letih 2018–2019 je obiskoval Oddelek za vizualne in uporabne umetnosti na Šoli za likovno umetnost Aristotelove univerze v Solunu in leta 2023 diplomiral na Fakulteti za kiparstvo. Na Aristotelovi univerzi v Solunu je diplomiral tudi na Oddelku za teologijo. Kot umetnik dela z mnogimi materiali, s plastiko, pleksi steklom, lesom, keramiko, vselej pa ustvarja v 3D. Razstavljal je na številnih prizoriščih v Grčiji in tujini.