This abstract sculptural piece utilizes a predominantly monochromatic palette, with shades of gray conveying a sense of intricate and tangled forms. The visual elements consist of a complex web of twisted, intertwined structures that appear to be fashioned from found or repurposed materials, creating a sense of chaos and fragmentation. The subject matter suggests a tangle of disorderly objects, perhaps evoking themes of disorder, deconstruction, or the impermanence of industrial materials. The artistic style and technique employed reflect a contemporary, conceptual approach, with the artist likely exploring ideas of assemblage, materiality, and the subversion of traditional sculptural forms. The overall context and the artist's intention behind this piece may allude to broader societal or existential concerns, inviting the viewer to ponder the relationship between order, disorder, and the human experience. ...
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.
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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. ...
