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hd color video, two-channel audio, 8 min 21 secCommonwealth and Council
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The visually striking artwork features a bold, neon-blue text that reads "YOU INHERIT" against a stark black backdrop. The text appears distorted and glitched, evoking a sense of displacement and uncertainty. The overall composition is minimalist, with the words serving as the central focus, drawing the viewer's attention. The artist seems to have employed digital manipulation techniques to create the unstable, shifting appearance of the text, highlighting the transient and impermanent nature of inheritance. This work likely explores themes of legacy, generational wealth, and the complexities of personal identity and belonging. ...

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Nikita Gale
Artist
Nikita Gale
B.1983, American

From the climate crisis to systems of power dynamics to technological automation, Nikita Gale creates large-scale installations that explore the socio-economic politics of space, visibility and transformation. Twisted metal barricades, concrete, microphone stands, spotlights, sound and light are used in her installations to investigate ways space and sound can be – and are– politicised. With a background in anthropology and archeology, Gale incorporates everyday consumerist objects, exploring their cultural significance and the role of their materiality in economic and social systems. Ruin, attention and structures are running themes of Gale’s multidisciplinary practice that recently has further focused on climate change and the resulting anxiety. The artist often approaches her audience as a social arena, with sound, silence, sculptural barriers and visibility becoming conditions to a politicised presence, both of the artwork and the viewer. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Nikita Gale: Artworks
RUINER VIII
Nikita Gale
RUINER VIII, 2021
144.78 x 63.5 x 68.58cm
RECORDING
Nikita Gale
RECORDING, 2021
63.5 x 24.13cm
RECEIVERS I
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS I, 2019
91.44 x 60.96cm
RECEIVERS II
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS II, 2019
91.44 x 60.96cm
RECEIVERS STUDY I
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY I, 2019
46.36 x 30.48cm
RECEIVERS STUDY II
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY II, 2019
46.36 x 30.48cm
RECEIVERS STUDY III
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY III, 2019
48.26 x 32.38cm
RECEIVERS STUDY IV
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY IV, 2019
48.26 x 32.38cm
RECEIVERS STUDY V
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY V, 2019
50.8 x 34.29cm
RECEIVERS STUDY VI
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY VI, 2019
48.26 x 32.38cm
RECEIVERS STUDY VII
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY VII, 2019
34.92 x 45.72cm
RECEIVERS STUDY VIII
Nikita Gale
RECEIVERS STUDY VIII, 2019
45.08 x 30.48cm
DESCENT MOVEMENT I
Nikita Gale
DESCENT MOVEMENT I, 2018
167.64 x 101.6 x 17.78cm
ECHO I
Nikita Gale
ECHO I, 2018
13.97 x 20.32 x 3.18cm
ECHO II
Nikita Gale
ECHO II, 2018
18.42 x 15.24 x 3.18cm
MOLOSSIAN HOUNDS
Nikita Gale
MOLOSSIAN HOUNDS, 2022
30 x 42.5cm
HXSTXRICAL RECORD
Nikita Gale
HXSTXRICAL RECORD, 2022
35 x 47.25 x 53.5cm
FIXED LOOPS VI
Nikita Gale
FIXED LOOPS VI, 2019
145 x 46 x 33cm
FIXED LOOPS II
Nikita Gale
FIXED LOOPS II, 2019
157 x 44 x 30cm
FIXED LOOPS III
Nikita Gale
FIXED LOOPS III, 2019
141 x 55 x 33cm
Commonwealth and Council
Gallery
Commonwealth and Council
Los Angeles, Mexico City

Commonwealth and Council is a gallery in Koreatown, Los Angeles founded in 2010. Our program is rooted in our commitment to explore how a community of artists can sustain our co-existence through generosity and hospitality. Commonwealth and Council celebrates our manifold identities and experiences through the shared dialogue of art—championing practices by women, queer, POC, and our ally artists to build counter-histories that reflect our individual and collective realities. ...

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