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Gazelli Art House’s artist to display her art work in London [PHOTO]

29 September 2020 18:21 (UTC+04:00)
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Two sculptures by Gazelli Art House’s artist Kalliopi Lemos, will be on public display for the first time this October in London. The works are part of a series called Tools of Endearment that is intended to spark conversations about the role of femininity in modern society. These works join two sculptures that are part of Lemos’ series and already installed on Golden Square in Soho: Bra and Corset.

Bag of Aspirations will open at the seventh annual edition of Mayfair Art Weekend on Bond Street. The event, which was originally planned to take place this summer, launches an extended program of the annual celebration in the fall. The 380 kg sculpture is made of stainless and mild steel, but closely resembles an ostrich Hermès Birkin Bag, the handbag named after the French style icon Jane Birkin.  It stands at a height of 9 feet/2750 mm tall and 9 feet/2750 mm wide.

The Plait, Lemos’ second work, will be viewed at a separate location as part of the Frieze Sculpture Park. Frieze Sculpture Park will again transform English Gardens in Regent’s Park to an outdoor museum starting October 5, 2020 and will feature such monumental works until October 18. The steel sculpture replicates the image of a chopped-off braid of dark brown/black hair. It stands at towering height of 22 feet/6500 mm, with a width and depth of 8 feet/2500 mm.

Kalliopi Lemos is a Greek-born, London based sculptor, painter, and installation artist known for her large-scale public installations. Lemos has been tackling women’s issues through the whole of her work for years. She discusses the role of her “Tools of Endearment” series in addressing the pressures of female life through the lens of current global political climate:

“Real change happens one thing at a time - enduring change happens one step at a time, said Ruth Bader Ginsburg the US Supreme Court Judge that departed a few days ago. I was saddened to hear that this guardian angel of women’s human rights passed away. The Plait could serve as a memorial for her qualities, her philosophy, and the principles that guided her life - a compass for humanity! The timing of these two sculptures' being exhibited coincides with her passing. All that inspires me she embodies. By her strength, she demonstrated to women that their goals can be achieved in life. The Plait, is a feminine sensual symbol made of hundreds of intertwined thin rods that rises ambitiously towards the sky as if just by standing upright is making its own statement of self-worth and defiance. Both works the Plait and the Bag of Aspirations with its formidable size, that happen to be simultaneously installed in prominent public places express exactly those ideas.”

Many of her works, reflect Kalliopi Lemos’s persistent interest in the dignity and fate of destitute and power-stricken multitudes, victims of immeasurable neo-capitalism and irresponsibility of political powers. The public display of these totems to femininity is central to their meaning. Because these sculptures present tools through which femininity presents itself to the public, their placement in the social field reinforces Lemos’s contention that such tools are required in a contemporary world unwelcoming to the bodies of their wearers. Displaying such armaments in the public arena allows Lemos to raise broader questions about the character of a social field that might require the weaponization of one’s shoes, undergarments, pocketbooks, or jewelry.

Lemos suggests that the tools of beautification must also be understood as mechanisms of defense. The aesthetic labor of femininity might also be identified as an offensive gesture that transforms objects of self-fashioning from ornaments into armaments. Inviting audiences to contemplate the ballistic being of femininity, Lemos’s Tools of Endearment hails the passersby as themselves warriors in pursuit of self-actualization.

About Gazelli Art House

Founded by Azerbaijan native Mila Askarova, Gazelli Art House was established as a creative platform and commercial gallery with a broad and dynamic program for an international audience through public projects and exhibition spaces in London and Baku.

Having hosted conceptually interlinked off-site exhibitions across London since 2010, Askarova opened a permanent two-stories space on Dover Street in 2012; the Azerbaijan location, Gazelli Art House Baku, re-opened in 2017 with a new design.

With an ambitious program showcasing both Azeri and international artists, as well as established or newer talents, Gazelli Art House has quickly established itself as a pioneering space giving visitors the opportunity to immerse in contemporary art experiences encompassing performance, photography, film, paintings, video, multimedia installations, and sculpture, as well as talks & lectures, seminars, and workshops.

In less than a decade, Gazelli Art House has become a significant platform championing non-traditional genres such as virtual reality and exploring themes reflecting our rapidly changing political, cultural and societal landscapes, while building a consistent and diverse program of artists working with different genres and mediums, including Stanley Casselman (Us), Derek Boshier (Uk), Giovanni Ozzola (Italy), Kalliopi Lemos (Greece), Aziz + Cucher (Us/Peru), Niyaz Najafov (Azeri) and Recycle Group (Russia) to name a few.

In addition, Gazelli Art House’s commitment to art education has included the Window Project for art school graduates (2012) and Gazell.io (2015), an online residency for artists working in virtual reality.

The gallery also publishes catalogues and artist books about its programs and frequently collaborates with museums worldwide.

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