Costas Spathis’ Lollipop (2024, Photography) transforms a simple beach scene into a striking exercise in abstraction, symmetry, and playfulness. Viewed from above, the work captures a lone figure lying on the sand beneath a vibrant rainbow-colored umbrella. Only a pair of legs extend from beneath, turning the human presence into a minimal punctuation against the vast monochrome ground.

The saturated hues of the umbrella radiate against the muted texture of the sand, resembling a giant candy swirl—hence the title, Lollipop. Spathis’ mastery of aerial perspective flattens the scene into pure form and color, reducing reality to its most graphic elements. The surrounding emptiness of the sandy expanse emphasizes the whimsical geometry of the umbrella, reinforcing the artist’s ongoing exploration of isolation, balance, and the aesthetics of negative space.

In Lollipop, leisure is reframed as visual poetry. What might otherwise be an ordinary beach day is elevated into a playful meditation on minimalism, scale, and the joy of color.