The artwork depicts a shapeless, amorphous mass of pristine white cotton on a wooden floor. The uneven, cloud-like form appears soft and delicate, conveying a sense of ethereal fragility. The composition emphasizes the natural textures and the interplay of light and shadow, creating a minimalist and contemplative visual experience. This piece likely explores themes of impermanence, materiality, and the inherent beauty in simple, everyday objects. The artist's intention behind this work may be to encourage the viewer to pause and appreciate the subtle nuances of the ordinary. ...
Working at the intersection of painting, photography and sculpture, Carrie Yamaoka explores the notions of materiality, surface and the role of chance in art-making. Her abstract and minimalist works are produced by rubbing textured surfaces against a mirror-like material called Mylar. The complex relationship between a conscious decision as opposed to an accident, explored in Yamaoka’s chemical experiments, inspires questions about subjectivity, authorship and perception. The reflective, shiny surfaces of her works, that range from small to human-size, contrast with their eerie depth of colour and abstraction. The artist’s work challenges the stability of human perception, embracing error and defect, uncertainty and chance. Yamaoka is also a founding member of queer art collective fierce pussy.
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Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...
