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This contemporary artwork features a striking contrast between the vibrant green fabric adorned with intricate patterns and the organic, sculptural form of the mushroom-like object nestled within. The piece showcases the artist's keen eye for composition, with the textured, earthy tones of the central form complementing the bold, graphic patterns of the surrounding textile. The work seems to explore the intersection of natural and artificial elements, blending the organic and the manufactured in a visually compelling manner. The overall effect is both visually captivating and thought-provoking, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between nature and human creation. ...
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Olga Balema
B.1984, Ukrainian/BritishOlga Balema’s artworks are an investigation of form. They are characterised by a tense relationship and contrasts in materiality, often comprising a hard framework with soft, fragile innards. Balema frequently employs latex which, especially in Bread for Life (2016), is held taut and barbed by jagged steel rods, or perhaps armatures, recalling Eva Hesse’s postminimalist practice and the slow sagging of the material over time. The notion of tension – perhaps most commonly, representations of the contrast between the hard bones of a human skeleton and the flesh that furnishes it – are further echoed in the rubber bands and shoelaces plotting a geometry across the gallery floor in brain damage (2019), the teetering globules of latex, moulded to look like breasts, protruding from the globe in 2016’s Globe, tacked on unsteadily, and the soft PVC sacks filled with steel rods and water, ready to burst, in Threat to Civilization 2 (2015). ...
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Hannah Hoffman Gallery
Los AngelesHannah Hoffman, Los Angeles opened in May 2013. The gallery maintains a program of international contemporary artists alongside historical exhibitions with a particular focus on feminist and conceptual practices.