Total Art? What does total art mean? Without doubt it means an art that presents, confronts and expresses all the forms and expressions of contemporary art.
It pursues and manages to reveal to us the nature and directions of the contemporary artistic creation. Not only in its different trends, but also in its intrinsic and timeless content.
It is not representational or abstract, expressionistic or surrealistic, geometric or simply based on strict components.
And all this is better understood by studying somewhat carefully the paintings of Dimitris Chiotopoulos which are often accompanied by verses that among other considerations demonstrate the extent and depth of his pursuits. Because his painting is based on what it says in the title of his catalogue “Feel Of The Colours”. Because in reality his painting creations are not so much based on their expressionistic character or on their descriptive values but almost exclusively on the feel of the colours, on the way they affect our senses, colours that evoke tactile, not just visual reactions. Thus vertical and diagonal themes, horizontal and curved elements acquire a rich and comprehensive voice.
Indeed, what is most impressive is the manner in which Chiotopoulos manages to give
a purely poetic character in his painting language and one could say that his painting is poetry in colours and his poetry consists of colour references with an extraordinary content.
Sometimes with accented colours and sometimes in low tones a multidimensional voice is imposed that will not leave the viewer indifferent. Chiotopoulos does not intend to surprise or to compel the viewer to answer the questions raised by his work as much as to show him that there is something else beyond what he already knows. He aims to give him the opportunity to meditate and seek answers to problems beyond the known and
established answers.
These are works in the spirit and are part of the Total Art that he practices continuously and consistently. Thereby with his artistic creation he manages to make us partakers of
his intentions and admirers of his expressions. And perhaps the most striking feature of
his efforts, as a painter and poet, is the quality and the soulful truth of his expressions.

Chryssanthos Christou
Academician - Art Historian
October 2013