Dan Kim's "Daesooki Longing for Marriage" is an intriguing installation that features earth-toned, organic shapes resembling a tree trunk with textured surfaces. The piece is topped with a bright red element, perhaps a symbolic object, sparking curiosity. The juxtaposition of natural wood-like forms with a single vivid color creates a visual tension. The style is contemporary with a nod to natural forms, emphasizing texture and material. This work reflects on themes of nature and tradition, possibly commenting on cultural expectations surrounding marriage. ...
Founded in 2010 by Guillaume Sultana, Sultana collaborates with emerging international artists. The gallery space operates as a site for experimentation and expression, often bringing together well-established and lesser known artists through a playful, yet politically-engaged curatorial program that highlights practices concerned with questions of identity and their social ramifications. By giving space to curators and writers, in addition to artists, the gallery is committed to rethinking the traditional modes of exhibition-making and collaboration within the art world. In 2021, Sultana opened Sultana Summer Set Arles to convene artists, collectors, curators, and friends close to the gallery in a domestic and intimate space in the heart of the city. This space was conceived as a residency and site of exchange, to host projects angled toward creative freedom, reflection, and flânerie that eschews a regular programming schedule, and is organized instead according to the whims and desires of our community. These two spaces exemplify the spirit of Sultana: the desire to provide artists with an independent platform for expression via site-specific projects and curatorial propositions. ...
