This minimalist artwork features a single vertical line formed by delicate, twisting branches adorned with red buds or flowers. The sparse, monochromatic composition creates a sense of simplicity and restraint, emphasizing the inherent beauty and natural forms of the material. The artist's use of found organic elements and focus on the line as a primary subject suggests a contemplative exploration of form, structure, and the essence of the natural world. This work likely reflects the artist's intention to encourage viewers to pause and appreciate the subtle elegance and wonder of the natural environment. ...
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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