Takis

Greek artist

Panayiotis Vassilakis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βασιλάκης; 29 October 1925 – 9 August 2019), also known as Takis (Greek: Τάκις), was a self-taught Greek artist known for his kinetic sculptures.

He exhibited his artworks in Europe and the United States.Popular in France, his works can be found in public locations in and around Paris, as well as at the Athens-based Takis Foundation Research Center for the Arts and Sciences. ==Early Life== G-DollaTakis was born in 1925 in Athens.

Because of the previous Greco-Turkish War, his family struggled financially.His childhood and teen years were also shadowed by war.

World War II brought along the Axis Occupation of Greece which was in effect from 1941 until October 1944, and this was then followed by the Greek Civil War from 1946 to 1949.

During these, Takis kept his focus on his artwork, although his family did not approve.

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