Tasos Anastasiadis creates large-scale images using acrylic and ink on paper. The aesthetic of his work evokes the appearance of manuscripts and engravings from the Middle Ages. Through his art, he seeks to convey the myths of our contemporary world by incorporating older illustrations in a process known as détournement – this involves converting or appropriating these historical images. In doing so, Anastasiadis explores connections between the past and present. This pursuit is not particularly challenging, as terms such as "Modern Middle Ages" or "Western Despotism" are increasingly part of contemporary discourse.

Tasos Anastasiadis was born in 1995 in Athens, Greece, where he lives and works.

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Tasos Anastasiadis ustvarja velike slike z uporabo akrila in črnila na papirju. Estetika njegovega dela spominja na srednjeveške rokopise in gravure. S svojo umetnostjo izpostavlja mite sodobnega sveta s pomočjo starejših ilustracij, in sicer znotraj procesa, imenovanega détournement, ki vključuje pretvorbo oziroma prisvajanje zgodovinskih podob. Anastasiadis na ta način raziskuje povezave med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo. Ta postopek ni posebej težaven, kajti izraza, kot sta “moderni srednji vek” ali “zahodni despotizem”, sta vse bolj del tudi sodobnega diskurza.

Tasos Anastasiadis se je rodil leta 1995 v Atenah v Grčiji, kjer tudi živi in dela.