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This contemporary art piece features a minimalist composition of geometric shapes and natural materials. The work consists of rectangular pastel-colored platforms arranged in a staggered pattern, with a curved line of smooth river rocks running across the surface. The combination of the rigid geometric forms and the organic, undulating shapes of the stones creates a serene and contemplative visual experience. The artist's use of humble, everyday materials and the careful placement and arrangement of the elements suggest a meditative exploration of the relationship between nature and the built environment. This conceptual sculptural work invites the viewer to ponder the interplay of order and chaos, the ephemeral and the permanent. ...
Lotus L. Kang
B.1985Lotus 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. ...