In Entropy, Ghazi Baker
Artist Statement – In Entropy
Ghazi Baker
Introduction: Disorder as Design
Disorder is the default. Left unchecked, chaos grows—and yet, from that mess, we construct meaning. In Entropy is built on that paradox.
Blueprints of Dysfunction
This body of work began as a question: How do we endure systems designed to collapse beautifully? These paintings aren’t just abstractions—they’re blueprints of dysfunction. Bureaucratic signs softened by nostalgia, architectural logic infected by delusion, portraits assembled from emotional debris.
Think of them less as expressions, more as diagrams: mappings of instability, schematics of slow failure.
Surface, Symmetry, and the Illusion of Order
We live in a time where surface has become sacred. Clean grids, curated palettes, visual symmetry—these have replaced meaning with aesthetic coherence. We brand our identities, caption our emotions, align our beliefs.
So I gave you the system: charts, flags, sections, structures. Order, until you look closer—then nothing aligns. The numbers glitch. The signage lies. The plants are labeled, dying. And no one asks why.
The Hollowing of Language
LOVE and LIFE, once the heaviest words, now feel like empty slogans—fractured, pixelated, commodified. In this show, they’re reduced to noise. Their presence is satirical, yes, but beneath that lies exhaustion.
And curiosity. What does love look like under a design system? How many faces can we wear before none of them fit?
A Quiet Rebellion
These works are small acts of rebellion. Not loud—entropy rarely shouts. Instead, it smiles, poses, files reports. It paints itself in calm colors just before everything breaks.
This is that moment.
Artist’s Note: In Entropy
After nearly two years of meticulous unplanning, In Entropy arrives—a show that began as an idea, fell into chaos, and politely refused reassembly. The works are byproducts of overthinking, under-sleeping, and a lifelong affair with the absurd.
Each painting is a sentence I forgot to finish. Some are portraits, some are mood swings in good posture. A few might be architecture with dyslexia. If you find meaning, congratulations—you’ve done more interpreting than I have.
Feel what’s left to feel. And remember: entropy isn’t just a concept. It’s my studio floor.
Enjoy. Or don’t. It’s already too late.
Biography: Ghazi Baker
Ghazi Baker (b. 1967, Beirut) is a self-taught artist and practicing architect, founder of CC&A. Raised during Lebanon’s Civil War in a multicultural Iranian-Armenian household, his formative years in Europe shaped a deep connection to art, travel, and the absurd.
Currently based in Beirut, Baker’s work blends post-structuralist inquiry with comic book aesthetics, pop culture, and philosophical depth. His art defies themes, embracing line, chaos, and cerebral play. Influenced by Derrida, Foucault, Merleau-Ponty, and artists like Francis Bacon and David Salle, Baker constructs works that are both visual riddles and emotional blueprints.
His art features in prominent private and institutional collections across Beirut, Dubai, Paris, and New York. His recent auction debuts have exceeded estimates, confirming his position as a singular voice in contemporary art.
