This contemporary artwork features a striking, surreal composition. The central element is a detailed, woven basket or container, rendered in vibrant shades of orange and red. The background is a dark, abstract realm of undulating, tentacle-like forms, creating a sense of energy and movement. The piece showcases the artist's skilled use of color, texture, and imaginative, almost organic forms to evoke a dreamlike, fantastical atmosphere. The work appears to explore themes of materiality, technology, and the interplay between the natural and artificial worlds. ...
Animation, ceramics, sculpture, and installation come together in Kara Chin’s work, which focuses on the psychological and cultural effects of emerging technologies, biohacking, and wellness culture. She examines how future imaginings intersect with primal and esoteric events, tracing the mental landscapes that shape contemporary experience. Chin’s installations often present hybrid creatures that blur the boundaries between objects, beings, and environments, evoking quasi-ritualistic or technological atmospheres. Through playful, chaotic compositions and the use of unconventional materials, she challenges perceptions of identity, transformation, and human evolution. Her art delves into the complex relationship between the body and technology, probing themes of transhumanism and how cultural narratives influence personal and collective psychology. Chin’s practice is both a critique and a celebration of the tensions inherent in contemporary life shaped by rapid scientific and social change. ...
Kate MacGarry Gallery, established in 2002, is a contemporary art gallery located in East London at 27 Old Nichol Street, within a space designed by British architect Tony Fretton. Over the years, the gallery has expanded its representation to include 25 emerging and established artists, as well as two artist estates.
Many of the gallery's represented artists had their first commercial solo exhibitions at Kate MacGarry and have gone on to achieve international success. Their works have been showcased at leading institutions worldwide, including MoMA, Documenta, the Venice Biennale, Tate, MCA Chicago, Prada Foundation, The Walker Art Center, Barbican, New Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Kunstverein Hamburg, and Kettle's Yard, among others. ...
