Ayis Lertas is a multidisciplinary artist from Athens, Greece. His work ranges from album and book cover illustrations to fashion and jewelry through his brands O.W.H.H.R.M. Garments and ∴THIS∴ Craft. The themes of his work traverse the erotic and mystical to the absurd, comedic and grotesque, merging primitive and ancient aesthetics with pop art and contemporary culture.
Arriton is an enigmatic work from the artist Ayis Lertas. To open Arriton is to encounter the remnants of a lost esoteric tradition, leaves from an untranslated manuscript, a chance find amongst the disordered bookstalls of a remote ancient city. The seeker is thence immersed into a world redolent of gnostic gems, magical alphabets, defixiones and the spells of the magical papyri, which unfolds following a logic all of its own and yet remains entirely alien. It is a Borgesian artefact which will intrigue, challenge and reward contemplation.
In a style evocative of illustrations from medieval manuscripts, the artist presents, without explanation, a study of the afflictions that vex, tempt, thwart & harm us.
