04Aug/30Sep - SETS -JON BAKER

04Aug/30Sep
SETS
JON BAKER


"Sets" presents a series of large photographic prints in which cross-legged, almost yogic seated figures transform into chromatic totems saturated with gold, purple, and electric blue. The compositions play on mirrored symmetry, doubling the bodies into reflections of themselves, while recognisable details — shoes, fabrics, plush toys — emerge from a dense, almost liquid visual magma. Alongside these, more painterly works blend organic and plant-like forms in warm, acidic palettes, continuing Baker's exploration of photography pushed to the threshold of abstraction. The title "Sets" alludes both to sets of images and to stage sets, photographic setups built and then dissolved by the printing process itself. Each image thus becomes a small artificial altar, suspended between the sacred and the synthetic