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v1s1ons knows no release and is stressed by material
effects-timid at first, more and more concrete later.
The play of light and the relief patterns that endow the
surface with life are first brought into contrast with the
colour composition, as if two themes were super­
imposed one upon the other. The impressive verticals
with their extreme effects are countered with the
delicate arabesques and the ecstatic tracery brought
about by his unique use of his painterly medium.
Faced with the need to give his style unity, Maltezos

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