A terminal escape from the place that binds us

Gala Porras-Kim

A terminal escape from the place that binds us, 202018 x 244 x 5cmSign in to view price
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ink on paper, mahogany frame, documentCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This abstract artwork features a vibrant composition of blues, greens, and whites, creating a sense of movement and energy. The canvas is filled with organic, marbled patterns and splashes of color that suggest a natural, fluid landscape. The combination of bold brushstrokes and the layering of hues gives the piece a dynamic, expressive quality. The work appears to be an abstract expressionist or action painting, reflecting the artist's spontaneous and gestural approach to the canvas. The overall effect is one of freedom, dynamism, and a celebration of the materiality of paint. ...

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manifestation
Anti-Inflammatory
Gala Porras-Kim
Artist
Gala Porras-Kim
B.1984, Colombian

Gala Porras-Kim's practice interrogates the processes and ethics of museum conservation and, more broadly, the collections and institutions within which contested artefacts are housed and preserved. Porras-Kim is interested in the politics and policies museums adopt in the contemporary moment and how they negotiate with problematic pasts. The artist often uses letters as exhibition captions – sometimes written to institutions propositions for approaches to improve the conditions of their artefacts – creating an epistolary narrative to guide visitors through the space and her works. She also uncovers and proposes innovative tactics through which artefacts can be liberated and escape from museum vitrines, archives and storage facilities; exiting through cremation, being eaten by mould and running within the stomach of spores, and fleeing as particles or fragments, detritus collected following an exhibition deinstall. The outcomes of Porras-Kim’s research, made in response to museum collections, are realised in a range of media, from sculptures and sound works to large-scale drawings. ...

Gala Porras-Kim: Artworks
Cascajal Block, transfer slab
La Mojarra Stella, transfer slab
Yaguila Monument 1, transfer slab
Stone CCA-t5-16, transfer stone
For Learning Zapotec Verbs
Cheat Sheet
Gala Porras-KimCheat Sheet, 2012
7.62 x 17.78cm
Box for Sentence Structure
Whistling Score
Gala Porras-KimWhistling Score, 2012
49.53 x 34.29 x 6.35cm
Ah Yah
Gala Porras-KimAh Yah, 2010
12.7 x 10.16 x 10.16cm
Values
Gala Porras-KimValues, 2010
27.94 x 21.59cm
13 International Dogs
Dog vessel
Gala Porras-KimDog vessel, 2017
65 x 48 x 4cm
Vessel with lip 7
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 7, 2017
17.78 x 20.32 x 20.32cm
Vessel with lip 6
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 6, 2017
18.42 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 5
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 5, 2017
10.16 x 20.32 x 20.32cm
Vessel with lip 4
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 4, 2017
14.6 x 21.59 x 21.59cm
Vessel with lip 3
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 3, 2017
19.68 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 1
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 1, 2017
19.05 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 2
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 2, 2017
14.6 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Lid
Gala Porras-KimLid, 2017
15 x 20 x 20cm
Vessel
Gala Porras-KimVessel, 2017
20 x 25 x 25cm
Vessel with lip 8
Gala Porras-KimVessel with lip 8, 2017
24.76 x 25.4 x 25.4cm
Joined decouple
Gala Porras-KimJoined decouple, 2017
38 x 94 x 17cm
One bent metal tube, n.d. reconstruction
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 2
Composite artifact 1
Gala Porras-KimComposite artifact 1, 2015
17.78 x 34.29 x 12.7cm
Composite artifact 2
Gala Porras-KimComposite artifact 2, 2015
21.59 x 20.32 x 10.16cm
Composite artifact 3
Gala Porras-KimComposite artifact 3, 2015
13.97 x 35.56 x 24.13cm
The writing of stones
Gala Porras-KimThe writing of stones, 2015
123.19 x 93.98 x 7.62cm
Projections 1
Gala Porras-KimProjections 1, 2015
60.96 x 81.28 x 20.32cm
Projections 2
Gala Porras-KimProjections 2, 2015
81.28 x 60.96 x 20.32cm
Tabula recta
Gala Porras-KimTabula recta, 2013
71.12 x 55.88cm
Vessel and the grave
One clump of raffia reconstruction
Eremina Rediva
Gala Porras-KimEremina Rediva, 2022
26.5 x 36.5cm
Kismet futures (13-24)
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

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. ...

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