Alexandros Tzannis, Marina Velisioti, Fotini Palpana, Despina Flessa, Eleni Zouni
Each lighthouse is a starting point, a place that is intact, unreachable, unattainable,both physically and metaphorically.
The creation and operation of lighthouses since ancient times is linked to the human need to travel beyond the limits of their acquired horizon. What makes their location special today?
What makes their location special today?
What does the landscape we encounter look like? Is it rocky and steep? Is it remote and isolated? Is
there a limit to the lighthouse’s gaze or does it move unobstructed to the horizon line?
An accessible lighthouse overlooks Spetses, with its horizon inspiring the theme of the exhibitions at Baraka Art Space this summer.
For the group exhibition Tracing Infinite lines, the location of the gallery is a reference point as the Spetses frontier is found in its Pharos. Time, space and natural
elements are constantly rearranged, creating a narrative around the natural world we encounter
surrounding a lighthouse.
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