In article , Janis wrote:

That's the solution I figured I would have to use, but the problem is
that I don't like how those track connectors look, if they are the
ones I have in mind. Maybe now I'm looking for ideas more
design-related than how-to. I'm just not crazy about how those metal
or plastic tracks look. Any creative people out there

If this is a condo, it's probably new enough to have plasterboard ceilings.
It'd be a little work, but you could cut a foot wide by however many feet
long piece out of the ceiling, put up the electrical boxes for the hanging
lamps and replace the wallboard. Spackle, sand and repaint the ceiling.

It sounds difficult, but it's not really that bad. You could pay a handy-
man to do the electrical and wallboard work, and repaint the ceiling
yourself.