This surreal painting features a striking visual composition with a dominant central figure. The colors are primarily muted tones of green, purple, and gray, creating a somber and mysterious atmosphere. The central figure appears to be a female face emerging from a cocoon-like structure, surrounded by abstract shapes and patterns. The artwork employs a unique combination of textures and materials, blending painting, collage, and sculptural elements to convey a sense of transformation and the human condition. The artist's intention seems to be to explore themes of metamorphosis, identity, and the human experience through this visually striking and conceptually complex piece. ...
Claudia Koh’s compositions immerse viewers in the fragile tension between intimacy and isolation, showing how proximity can simultaneously draw us close and push us away. Through overlapping perspectives, fragmented spaces, and reflective surfaces, her work transforms everyday environments into shifting landscapes that shape movement, perception, and a sense of belonging, revealing the quiet dislocations and pressures of postmodern urban life. Recurring motifs in her work, such as the Arowana fish, highlight this dynamic. Representing prosperity and freedom in Asian culture yet confined within artificial enclosures, the fish becomes a metaphor for the constraints imposed by society, culture, and ritual. Through this symbolism, Koh reflects on the compromises between desire, comfort, and imposed structures, emphasizing the fragile balance between freedom and entrapment. Her practice integrates cultural symbols and references, particularly from Asian heritage, to investigate identity, memory, and social conventions. She transforms familiar imagery into reflective visual narratives that probe how cultural, spatial, and emotional conditions influence individual experience. Through her work, Koh captures the interplay between confinement and liberation, isolation and connection. Her paintings create contemplative spaces where viewers can consider the weight of contemporary life, the limits of physical and social environments, and the enduring human longing for connection, belonging, and freedom. ...
Super Dakota is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2013 supporting both emerging international artists and established leading artists. The gallery presents multi-disciplinary works with an emphasis on new technologies. They collaborate with galleries and institutions around the world and are committed to developing the career of the artists they represent. Their practice, ethics and integrity are the very core of their project. The galleries program highlights contemporary issues embedded in the zeitgeist and their exhibitions explore cultural, political as well as social contents. Artists exhibited at Super Dakota include but not exclusively: Mark Leckey, Paul McCarthy, Elizabeth Peyton, Adam Pendleton, Jeremy Deller, Alberta Whittle, Wade Guyton, Alexandra Domanovic, Julia Wachtel, Metahaven, Tabor Robak, John Divola, Jan Groover, Math Bass, Lawrence Weiner, Jacob Kassay, Oliver Laric, Magali Reus, Lothar Hempel, Neïl Beloufa, Sin Wai Kin, Bruce Nauman, Sanam Khatibi, Yvonne Rainer, Fischli & Weiss, Raymond Pettibon, Christine Wang, Sarah Abu Abdallah, Fred Sandback, Slavs and Tatars. ...
