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The artwork features a vertical composition dominated by a series of intertwined, sinuous lines and shapes that create a sense of movement and fluidity. The predominantly monochromatic palette, with hints of a golden accent, evokes a minimalist and refined aesthetic. The overall impression is one of elegant simplicity, highlighting the artist's skilled use of line and form to convey a sense of graceful, almost organic, energy. This abstract piece likely aims to explore the relationship between the natural and the manufactured, reflecting the artist's unique perspective on the intersection of the human and the technological. ...
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. ...