Dimitris Gketsis, Kyveli Zoi, Panos Tsagaris, Gianna Dispenza
The summer season at Baraka Art Space gallery culminates with the group exhibition "An Eye is All I Am."
You are nothing but an eye. A huge and steady eye that sees everything, both your anchored body and yourself, watching as you watch yourself, as if it had turned completely within its socket and gazed silently upon you—your inner darkness, empty, sullen, frightened, your fragile inner self.
It watches you and pins you down. You will never cease to see yourself.”
George Perec, Un Homme qui dort
Through the works of four artists, Dimitris Gketsis, Kyveli Zoi, Panos Tsagaris and Gianna Dispenza, we discover their personal world through the spiritual and inner connections that emerge within the gallery space.
Georges Perec invites us to become aware of ourselves—within space, time, and body. He encourages us to confront our inner world of thoughts and beliefs, as well as our desires—even those whose traces fade far away into a distant, luminous expanse.
We get a similar sensation when we engage with the works of Panos Tsagkaris, who focuses on the existential anxiety of humanity. His pieces evoke a spiritual quest that begins with their creation process, starting with an installation of mirrors that provides the initial impetus. He dives into the unconscious and, through a transformative process, completes his artworks. Dimitris Gketsis creates a strange and fluid world where forms and symbols are constantly dissolving or being redefined. He works traditionally with handcrafted polyester and fiberglass casting, drawing inspiration from the symbols and myths of ancient and Renaissance art. Hands hidden within shells, hands with eyes, hands that are branches invite the viewer to surrender to a dreamlike experience.
Gianna Dispenza extends a bold gesture through her simultaneously daring, dynamic, and serene work. For this particular exhibition, she presents a series of pieces shown for the first time, focusing on the Harpies—mythological creatures often depicted as half-bird and half-woman, embodying the wild and uncontrollable forces of nature.
In Dispenza’s work, however, this figure conveys a transformative power where chaos and turmoil are reshaped into harmony and beauty. The entirety of Kyveli Zoi’s work approaches the relationship between viewer and spectacle, offering a distinct perspective and interpretation of the world. Her compositions are characterized by a sense of theatricality, as she notes: “I don’t always refer to a specific narrative, but I am fascinated by the idea of presenting a kind of visual mystery—one that must be uncovered by the viewer.”
Visited Spetses, took photographs of the area of the Lighthouse and created another drawing especially for the exhibition - a landscape to be explored, inviting the viewer to activate their gaze. Tzannis composes his personal topography through successive layers of ink on Fabriano paper surfaces. The memory of the photograph remains blurred and accentuated by the process, while this technique gives the result of a surface that ultimately appears rough.
practice is linked to her interest in categories of the natural environment such as rock formations and landscapes. In her new work titled Soft Sculptures she explores the multiple possibilities of fabric in terms of painting, sculpture and design. In her works we find both the characteristics of geological formations and human bodies. As she points out, "I like to explore the properties of fabric and its various possibilities as a sculptural material. It's a compensation for the limits set by the hard materials I normally use."
The artist Eleni Zouni is fascinated by the process of measuring. Through automatic and repetitive movements she creates her own vocabulary, while still maintaining a natural process. Through her
works we discover words and letters and we gain access to her personal world. She writes, she leaves traces, marks and creates equal gaps and spaces. In Letterforms, the rhythmic circles could refer to the diffused light of a beacon steadily illuminating a dark horizon.
Presents the series 1992 over Spetses for the first time, it is however a typical example of her work since she is inspired by the paradox. Through her research she found that "in the second half of 1992, a small wave of unidentified flying objects was recorded in the triangle of Mount Didymos - Kranidi - Porto Heli - Costa - Spetses - Dokos." The series consists of three collages created with thread and vinyl and depicts her own exploration of recording and tracing a path of strange bodies. The artist intervenes upon the seascape with mysterious geometric surfaces at focal points and lines.
work consists of works on paper, collages and sculptural installations made of graphite. Graphite is one of the core elements of her work while she also examines the characteristics and properties of all materials, focusing on their various textures and the interaction between their surfaces. Created in 2022, Twofolds are collages where landscape/space is folded, fragmented and spatially reconstructed on different layers. In her work Shades, sculptural forms which are coated with graphite are transformed into fragments/fossils of leaves. They are exposed as dark spots and evoke forms that seem to originate from something ancient or prehistoric
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Every day except Tuesday, 20:00 - 01:00
