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| Dimitris Baboulis Dimitris Baboulis’ work has its roots on the borderline between private and public space. It is an atmospheric depiction of a fusion of these two elements, thus breaking the boundaries between fantasy and reality. On a second level, the artist also handles organic and mechanical reality, their relationship and interaction, the way in which one undermines and often subverts the other. It is a work that investigates philosophical dilemmas through interactions that obey the condition of randomness and relationships recorded in space. Baboulis concocts scenarios in which he distributes roles to characters of both genders, creating sub-texts and narratives that emerge in the form of insinuation. In his sketches, one encounters skeletal forms whose actions reflect familiar models of social behaviour: these are forms involved in conflict, in discussions, forms that experience pain. Baboulis constructs an eccentric, almost surreal universe that criticizes interpersonal relationships. The skeleton, usually a symbol of denudation and isolation, seems to take on a poetic, romantic dimension here, and this is where his work’s contradictory nature arises from. His work is generally characterized by the element of denudation, by the element of a minimalism taken to extremes, underlined both by the careful arrangement of figures and forms, and by the voids and pauses it foresees in their relationships. It is a work that deals with personal and collective memory, particularly in conjunction with the artist’s metaphysical concerns and the collective experience of interpersonal relationships. Katerina Nikou  Download CV |  Untitled |
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