Photo: Studio VacharidisSOMETHING LIKE A POEM, A NUDE, AND FLOWERS IN A VASE
EMST (National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens)
2023
EMΣT – National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens
Presented at EMΣT as part of the Women Rule the World exhibition cycle, this institutional solo exhibition brought together painting, sound, and text to explore female desire and the erotic quest.
Through layered perspectives and non-normative positions of looking, Bagaki approaches intimacy as both personal and political. Autobiography expands beyond the self into the cultural frameworks that regulate representation, revealing how female bodies are staged and consumed, and how the female gaze and female desire are repeatedly undermined or denied authority.
Curator Tina Pandi
Director Katerina Gregos
Photo: Studio Vacharidis
Photo: Studio Vacharidis
Man under the sky (he imagined his life naked), 2023, oil on canvas, 230 x 200 cm
Man with long hair (the wind had ceased), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 130 cm
The essence is real, 2022, oil on canvas, 150 x 140 cm
Man with flowers (he confessed), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 130 cm
The kiss (he was not one but two), 2022, oil on canvas, 120 x 130 cm
Lorenzo, 2021, colour pencil on paper, 19.5 x 25.5 cm
Tzouli, 2021, colour pencil on paper, 19.5 x 25.5 cm
Mia, 2021, colour pencil on paper, 19.5 x 25.5 cm
Rosa, 2021, colour pencil on paper, 19.5 x 25.5 cm
Nike socks, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 45 x 50 cm
Gesso primer, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 45 x 50 cm
Coca-Cola, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 40 x 45 cm
The book reader, 2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
Sound installation
Click on each title to listen to the song
he came 1:16
he said he liked me 2:11
in my bedroom 1:02
he never let me watch 2:23
Music composition, production: Anna Vs June, mixing: Nikos Triantafillou