Explosive Mirror

3D mixed media mirror frame
100 x 85 cm
by Pantelis Melissinos
Athens 1990

Explosive Mirror by Pantelis Melissinos is a vivid and playful piece of functional art, built around its embedded mirror and transformed into a bold sculptural statement.

Its jagged, sunburst-like frame seems to explode outward with intense colours and energetic force. Strewn letters, numbers, and abstract glyphs create a sense of chaos and coded meaning, as if the surface were carrying fragments of a mysterious visual language.

The sculptural, serpentine white forms winding across the frame add a surreal, organic element that contrasts sharply with the angular, colourful spikes. These flowing shapes draw the eye around the piece like a puzzle that resists being solved.

Through this dynamic combination of mirror, sculpture, colour, and symbol, Melissinos turns an everyday object into an expressive work of art, design, mystery, and playfulness.