The artwork features a neutral, beige-toned canvas with a central vertical line accentuated by splashes of yellow and silver paint. The overall composition consists of scattered, irregularly-shaped splatters and blotches, creating a sense of spontaneity and gestural expression. The artist has employed a technique that blends elements of abstract expressionism and action painting, utilizing the physical process of paint application to evoke a visceral and emotive response. The work explores themes of chance, materiality, and the expressive potential of the medium, reflecting the artist's engagement with the contemporary discourse on the nature of artistic practice. ...
Lotus L. Kang sensitively cultivates installations which unearth porous connections between the human body and the world at large. Working with a myriad of materials, such as silicone, thread, film and foodstuffs, Kang weaves together recognisable objects such as mixing bowls, doors, or fruit and resituate these items in an otherworldly context. Acting as an alchemist, Kang is eager to document processes of flux or decay which might evolve during the installation. Experimenting with photographic materials, Kang incorporates darkroom chemicals, photographic paper and tanned film to track organic movements of light in the space. Simultaneously, Kang halts natural processes, casting edible materials such as anchovies or cabbage leaves in aluminium shells, affording her installations a sense of temporal suspension. Each body of work hosts a mixture of movement and stillness, of fragile and concrete elements and domestic and industrial signifiers. Facets of ecology, politics and cultural tangents collide in Kang’s works, as the artist intricately wrestles with the utter complexity of contemporary life. Citing the influence of feminist theory, biology and science fiction upon her practice, Kang is able to untangle the global within an extremely personal scale. ...
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