About Me

Face Poetics is an art book by Manos Ioannidis, featuring texts and commentary by Manos Stefanidis, a renowned art historian. The book explores the theatricality, symbolism, and emotional depth of the human face through Ioannidis’ striking paintings, which blend realism with expressive abstraction.

With a strong anthropocentric approach, Ioannidis captures historical figures, artists, and everyday people in monumental, vivid portraits, aiming to preserve their presence beyond time. The book delves into the duality of faces, their role in storytelling, and their power to reflect both history and personal identity.

Through thought-provoking essays and striking visual compositions, Face Poetics challenges the reader to reconsider what a face truly reveals—is it a mere likeness or a gateway to deeper truth and emotion?

Published by Gallery Markidi, this book is a celebration of portraiture as poetry, a reflection on art’s ability to transcend reality, and a testament to the power of the human gaze.