Mesoamerican Negative Space 1

Gala Porras-Kim

Mesoamerican Negative Space 1, 2017122 x 121 x 2cmSign in to view price
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plexiglas, graphite, flourescent lightCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This black and white abstract painting features an intricate composition of geometric shapes and organic forms. The overall design has a playful, whimsical quality, with a mix of angular structures and amorphous blots scattered across the canvas. The artist has skillfully employed a high-contrast palette, creating an almost cinematic sense of depth and atmosphere. The work seems to evoke a dreamlike or subconscious realm, hinting at a deeper symbolic language through its symbolic and biomorphic elements. The artist's distinctive style and imaginative approach suggest an exploration of the interplay between the rational and the intuitive. ...

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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
Phaistos disk, by frequency
Gala Porras-Kim
Phaistos disk, by frequency, 2013
Cascajal Block, transfer slab
Gala Porras-Kim
Cascajal Block, transfer slab, 2013
68.58 x 53.34 x 5.08cm
La Mojarra Stella, transfer slab
Gala Porras-Kim
La Mojarra Stella, transfer slab, 2013
119.38 x 81.28 x 5.08cm
Yaguila Monument 1, transfer slab
Gala Porras-Kim
Yaguila Monument 1, transfer slab, 2013
99.06 x 55.88 x 5.08cm
San Miguel Sola Monument 1, transfer stone
Gala Porras-Kim
San Miguel Sola Monument 1, transfer stone, 2013
20.32 x 27.3 x 20.96cm
San Pablo Coatlan Plate 40, transfer stone
Gala Porras-Kim
San Pablo Coatlan Plate 40, transfer stone, 2013
20.32 x 20.96 x 23.5cm
Stone CCA-t5-16, transfer stone
Gala Porras-Kim
Stone CCA-t5-16, transfer stone, 2013
19.05 x 24.13 x 23.5cm
Tequixtepec del Rey, Monument 1, transfer stone
Gala Porras-Kim
Tequixtepec del Rey, Monument 1, transfer stone, 2013
19.05 x 26.67 x 20.32cm
Rongorongo text B (RR4), alien, human, animal, to plant
Gala Porras-Kim
Rongorongo text B (RR4), alien, human, animal, to plant, 2013
Proto Elamite (MDP 17, 085), by scale
Gala Porras-Kim
Proto Elamite (MDP 17, 085), by scale, 2013
Proto Elamite (MDP 06, 5242), by number of strokes
Gala Porras-Kim
Proto Elamite (MDP 06, 5242), by number of strokes, 2013
Proto Elamite (MDP 17, 036), round to straight marks
Gala Porras-Kim
Proto Elamite (MDP 17, 036), round to straight marks, 2013
Rongorongo text S (RR16), by appendages
Gala Porras-Kim
Rongorongo text S (RR16), by appendages, 2013
For Learning Zapotec Verbs
Gala Porras-Kim
For Learning Zapotec Verbs, 2012
127 x 95.25 x 6.35cm
Cheat Sheet
Gala Porras-Kim
Cheat Sheet, 2012
7.62 x 17.78cm
Box for Sentence Structure
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Box for Sentence Structure, 2012
10.8 x 25.4 x 10.8cm
Whistling Score
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Whistling Score, 2012
49.53 x 34.29 x 6.35cm
Kevin Costner / Lt. John Dunbar / Dances with Wolves
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Kevin Costner / Lt. John Dunbar / Dances with Wolves, 2011
66.04 x 50.8cm
I Want to Prepare to Learn Something I Don't Know
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I Want to Prepare to Learn Something I Don't Know, 2010
106.68 x 66.04cm
Remembering Places by the Shape of their Billboard 1 - Vermont by Olympic
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Remembering Places by the Shape of their Billboard 1 - Vermont by Olympic, 2010
50.8 x 35.56cm
Ah Yah
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Ah Yah, 2010
12.7 x 10.16 x 10.16cm
Values
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Values, 2010
27.94 x 21.59cm
Q's - Proposal for a Sign Addition to Q's Nightclub
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Q's - Proposal for a Sign Addition to Q's Nightclub, 2010
76.2 x 106.68cm
Request to the Neighborhood Council
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Request to the Neighborhood Council, 2010
27.94 x 21.59cm
Fig. 54. Gold cap and face, probably from an idol. Scales: a, 2/3; 6, 3/4. See table XXXVI. (Lothrop, p. 70)
Gala Porras-Kim
Fig. 54. Gold cap and face, probably from an idol. Scales: a, 2/3; 6, 3/4. See table XXXVI. (Lothrop, p. 70), 2021
54 x 27.3 x 4cm
44 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
Gala Porras-Kim
44 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
70 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
Gala Porras-Kim
70 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
122 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
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122 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
124 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
Gala Porras-Kim
124 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
203 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
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203 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
130 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum
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130 offerings for the rain at the Peabody Museum, 2021
123 x 93 x 5cm
Forecasting Signal
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Forecasting Signal, 2021
Fig. 81, Copper bells of Styles D, D1, D2 and D3. Scale, ca. 2/3. (Lothrop, p. 89)
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Fig. 81, Copper bells of Styles D, D1, D2 and D3. Scale, ca. 2/3. (Lothrop, p. 89), 2021
56 x 46 x 4cm
Fig. 76. Copper bells, a, style A; b, Style Aa. Scale, ca. 2/3. (Lothrop, p. 87)
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Fig. 76. Copper bells, a, style A; b, Style Aa. Scale, ca. 2/3. (Lothrop, p. 87), 2021
54 x 46 x 4cm
Plate 40. Decorated discs with petal designs: a. normal petal motif; b. variants (see p.37) (Proskouvlakoff, p.79)
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Plate 40. Decorated discs with petal designs: a. normal petal motif; b. variants (see p.37) (Proskouvlakoff, p.79), 2021
49 x 41 x 4cm
Plate 39. Decorated rectangles and discs: a. reduced five-circle design; b. petal designs (see p. 37) (Proskouvlakoff p. 78)
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Plate 39. Decorated rectangles and discs: a. reduced five-circle design; b. petal designs (see p. 37) (Proskouvlakoff p. 78), 2021
49 x 41 x 4cm
1 offering for the rain from the Peabody Museum
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1 offering for the rain from the Peabody Museum
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A terminal escape from the place that binds us
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A terminal escape from the place that binds us, 2020
18 x 244 x 5cm
A terminal escape from the place that binds us
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A terminal escape from the place that binds us, 2020
185 x 244 x 5cm
13 dry small shell artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice
Gala Porras-Kim
13 dry small shell artifacts from the Cenote of Sacrifice, 2020
61 x 46cm
1 dry idol with arm, bark with copal, six idol limbs
Gala Porras-Kim
1 dry idol with arm, bark with copal, six idol limbs, 2020
61 x 46cm
Slab 6-6059 top half, unknown provenance, illuminated text
Gala Porras-Kim
Slab 6-6059 top half, unknown provenance, illuminated text, 2020
183 x 183cm
11 Mesoamerican Shamans
Gala Porras-Kim
11 Mesoamerican Shamans, 2019
152 x 122cm
11 Mesoamerican Multiple Perspectives
Gala Porras-Kim
11 Mesoamerican Multiple Perspectives, 2019
152 x 122cm
17 International Magic Objects
Gala Porras-Kim
17 International Magic Objects, 2019
152 x 122cm
13 International Dogs
Gala Porras-Kim
13 International Dogs, 2019
152 x 122cm
A View from within the Ground
Gala Porras-Kim
A View from within the Ground, 2019
183 x 183cm
Three joined acrobats vessel
Gala Porras-Kim
Three joined acrobats vessel, 2017
65 x 48 x 4cm
Two joined Buddha’s hands vessel
Gala Porras-Kim
Two joined Buddha’s hands vessel, 2017
65 x 48 x 4cm
Dog vessel
Gala Porras-Kim
Dog vessel, 2017
65 x 48 x 4cm
Three joined gourds vessel
Gala Porras-Kim
Three joined gourds vessel, 2017
65 x 48 x 4cm
Vessel with lip 7
Gala Porras-Kim
Vessel with lip 7, 2017
17.78 x 20.32 x 20.32cm
Vessel with lip 6
Gala Porras-Kim
Vessel with lip 6, 2017
18.42 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 5
Gala Porras-Kim
Vessel with lip 5, 2017
10.16 x 20.32 x 20.32cm
Vessel with lip 4
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Vessel with lip 4, 2017
14.6 x 21.59 x 21.59cm
Vessel with lip 3
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Vessel with lip 3, 2017
19.68 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 1
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Vessel with lip 1, 2017
19.05 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Vessel with lip 2
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Vessel with lip 2, 2017
14.6 x 15.24 x 15.24cm
Lid
Vessel
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Vessel, 2017
20 x 25 x 25cm
Vessel with lip 8
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Vessel with lip 8, 2017
24.76 x 25.4 x 25.4cm
Joined decouple
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Joined decouple, 2017
38 x 94 x 17cm
One bent metal tube, n.d. reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
One bent metal tube, n.d. reconstruction, 2018
82.55 x 66.04 x 10.16cm
2 embroidered tiger-dragon fragments at the MET reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
2 embroidered tiger-dragon fragments at the MET reconstruction, 2018
82 x 185 x 4cm
2 embroidered fragments from Kertch reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
2 embroidered fragments from Kertch reconstruction, 2018
265 x 183 x 5cm
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 1
Gala Porras-Kim
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 1, 2018
37 x 46 x 38cm
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 2
Gala Porras-Kim
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 2, 2018
24.76 x 30.48 x 34.29cm
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 3
Gala Porras-Kim
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 3, 2018
27 x 46 x 25cm
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 4
Gala Porras-Kim
Reconstructed Southwest Artifact 4, 2018
16 x 61 x 19cm
Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Staff/Vessel)
Gala Porras-Kim
Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Staff/Vessel), 2016
76 x 51cm
Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Stacked Acrobats 1)
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Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Stacked Acrobats 1), 2016
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Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Stacked Acrobats 2)
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Future Spaces Replicate Earlier Spaces (Stacked Acrobats 2), 2016
57.15 x 43.18cm
Composite artifact 1
Gala Porras-Kim
Composite artifact 1, 2015
17.78 x 34.29 x 12.7cm
Composite artifact 2
Gala Porras-Kim
Composite artifact 2, 2015
21.59 x 20.32 x 10.16cm
Composite artifact 3
Gala Porras-Kim
Composite artifact 3, 2015
13.97 x 35.56 x 24.13cm
The writing of stones
Gala Porras-Kim
The writing of stones, 2015
123.19 x 93.98 x 7.62cm
Mapping stones (predominant rock types of sub basins in Papaloapan river basin)
Gala Porras-Kim
Mapping stones (predominant rock types of sub basins in Papaloapan river basin), 2015
111.76 x 76.84 x 3.81cm
Projections 1
Gala Porras-Kim
Projections 1, 2015
60.96 x 81.28 x 20.32cm
Projections 2
Gala Porras-Kim
Projections 2, 2015
81.28 x 60.96 x 20.32cm
Mapping tones (all documented Zapotec dialects in Oaxaca)
Gala Porras-Kim
Mapping tones (all documented Zapotec dialects in Oaxaca), 2012
87.63 x 123.19 x 3.81cm
Tabula recta
Gala Porras-Kim
Tabula recta, 2013
71.12 x 55.88cm
Mesoamerican Negative Space 1
Gala Porras-Kim
Mesoamerican Negative Space 1, 2017
122 x 121 x 2cm
Mesoamerican Negative Space 2
Gala Porras-Kim
Mesoamerican Negative Space 2, 2017
122 x 83 x 2cm
Stacked vessels and the grave
Gala Porras-Kim
Stacked vessels and the grave, 2017
37 x 42 x 23cm
Stacked vessels and the grave
Gala Porras-Kim
Stacked vessels and the grave, 2017
37 x 42 x 23cm
Vessel and the grave
Gala Porras-Kim
Vessel and the grave, 2017
27 x 36 x 23cm
One clump of raffia reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
One clump of raffia reconstruction, 2016
154.3 x 93.34 x 5.08cm
31 west Mexico ceramics from LACMA collection: Jalisco index
Gala Porras-Kim
31 west Mexico ceramics from LACMA collection: Jalisco index, 2017
Joined decouple
Eremina Rediva
Gala Porras-Kim
Eremina Rediva, 2022
26.5 x 36.5cm
San Vitale, Ravenna, marble floor reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
San Vitale, Ravenna, marble floor reconstruction, 2024
183 x 183cm
Cappella Arcivescovile, Ravenna, marble floor reconstruction
Gala Porras-Kim
Cappella Arcivescovile, Ravenna, marble floor reconstruction, 2022
152 x 152cm
Kismet futures (13-24)
Gala Porras-Kim
Kismet futures (13-24), 2022
119 x 119 x 4cm
Out of an instance of expiration comes a perennial showing (black elderberry)
Gala Porras-Kim
Out of an instance of expiration comes a perennial showing (black elderberry), 2024
236 x 172cm
A terminal escape from the place that binds us
Gala Porras-Kim
A terminal escape from the place that binds us, 2025
A terminal escape from the place that binds us
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A terminal escape from the place that binds us, 2025
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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. ...

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