Flosser

Olga Koumoundouros

Flosser, 2016234.95 x 74.93 x 12.7cmSign in to view price
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carved pine wood, black diamond mountaineering axe, epoxy clay, gold plated steel chain, dental flossCommonwealth and Council
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a prominent curved wooden element, resembling a bow or limb, suspended above a worn wooden floor. The composition creates a sense of tension and dynamism, with the curved form contrasting against the stark white background. The artist employs a minimalist aesthetic, focusing on the interplay of shape, texture, and gravity to convey a conceptual message. This installation piece likely explores themes of fragility, balance, and the human experience, reflecting the artist's intention to provoke thought and challenge the viewer's perceptions. ...

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Medusa Chthonic Chimes
Artist
Olga Koumoundouros
B.1965, American

Olga Koumoundouros creates sculptures that blend personal narratives, observations of people, and her understanding of power dynamics in America. Her works take on various forms such as stories and material objects, combining natural and synthetic elements with ready-made components that trace their own energetic and capital-driven supply chains. Through her art, Koumoundouros delves into how systemic structures both support and harm the common good, underpinning the American Dream and becoming ingrained in people's lives, thoughts, and bodies. Having grown up with immigrant parents, she has firsthand memories shaped by the myths of meritocracy in an ever-striving environment where the exalted and the disposable coexist in the same space. She investigates how violence and its repercussions travel across time and geography through her family stories, drawing on critical analysis and her personal understanding of gender, sexuality, Greek-American identity, folk mysticism, and trauma. ...

Olga Koumoundouros: Artworks
Medusa Chthonic Chimes
Olga Koumoundouros
Medusa Chthonic Chimes, 2019
Flosser
Olga Koumoundouros
Flosser, 2016
234.95 x 74.93 x 12.7cm
Salting Fruits
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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