Jan Baracz: twilight mechanics
January 23 - March 7, 2025
EXHIBITION IMAGES
SHADOWS OF THE REFURBISHED ANCESTORS, 2025
Window Installation. Dimensions vary
Three reproductions of paintings of the artist's paternal ancestors, his great grandfather and grand uncles, purchased from the Walmart website along with resin garden toads and car freshener trees from the same source.
The paintings from left to right are:
Erazm Barącz by Jacek Malczewski (Cracow National Gallery) 1907.
Jakub Barącz by Leon Wyczółkowski (Warsaw National Gallery) 1879.
Erazm Barącz by Leon Wyczółkowski (Cracow National Gallery) 1909.
LANDSCAPE WITH A HATCH, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, plastic utility access panel
MOTHERBOARD, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint
WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, flatten part of a car body shell
GAUSS BRAIN ORACLE, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, picture frame, molding
PUNITIVE ORIGIN OF DESIRE, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Molding, plastic utility access panel
LANDSCAPE WITH FOG AND TWO HANDLES, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, molding, hardware
MOBY THE DICK THREE AND A HALF, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, elk antler fragment, molding
TIME TRACKS TO THE MUTE DAYS, 2024
21 x 31 x 2 inches
Plywood, paint, vintage toy train tracks, electric burner coil
ART FOR AIRPORTS, 2024
18 x 17 x 9 inches
Aluminum frame, glass, crumpled paper encased in resin, anti-pigeon spikes, paint
MOLLY THE HIGH SCHOOL AXOLOTL, 2025
14 x 14 x 1 inches
Edition of 6
Industrial steel vent cover, paint, lace collar
EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEVOLUTION DEVICE, 2024
48 x 5 x.5 inches
Steel lighting armature and hardware
HOOP DREAM 7, 2024
31 x 31 x 3/4 inches
Edition of 6
Acrylic tubing, nylon fishnet stockings
DARK DIAL, 2024
35 x 20 inches, ⌀22 inches
Oil drum lid, surfboard fin, assorted car tires
DARK DIAL (detail), 2024
35 x 20 inches, ⌀22 inches
Oil drum lid, surfboard fin, assorted car tires
AND THE FLAMES HAVE TURNED TO STONE SO THAT ANIMALS COULD FEND FOR THEMSELVES, 2025
Dimensions vary
Elk antlers, volcanic lava rocks
INTERGALACTIC MONITORING STATION, 2024
62 x 20 x 11 inches
Pivoted dual monitor wall mount, ribbed entry carpet mats, cubic zirconia ear studs, plywood, paint
TWILIGHT STACK, 2025
8.5 x 14 x 9 inches
Edition of 6
Paper and printer ink
SINTHOME 1, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 2, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 3, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 4, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 5, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 6, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 7, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 8, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOME 9, 2024
25.5 x 7 x 7 inches
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blade
SINTHOMES (installation view), 2024
Vintage Queen Anne furniture legs, steel circular saw blades
THE PUNDIT, 2024
11 x 8 x 8 inches
Desk microphone stand, electric hardware, wires