Trans-Creation Relic

Young Joon Kwak

Trans-Creation Relic, 201712.7 x 35.56 x 15.24cmSign in to view price
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cold-cast aluminum, resin, soil, rocksCommonwealth and Council
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This abstract sculpture features an irregular, jagged composition of dark, metallic forms emerging from a white plinth. The textures and shapes evoke a sense of organic growth, with spiky protrusions and amorphous surfaces creating a dynamic, almost unsettling visual experience. The artist's use of industrial materials and the minimal, monochromatic palette suggest a commentary on the relationship between nature and technology, hinting at the fragility and resilience of natural processes in the face of human intervention. ...

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Artist
Young Joon Kwak
B.1984, American

Young Joon Kwak (born 1984) is an artist and musician based in Los Angeles. Much of their work focuses on queer bodies, how they have been represented in art history, and how they form communities. They have exhibited and performed at Art Museums around the world. Kwak is the lead singer in the band Xina Xurner, and a founding member of the collective Mutant Salon. Kwak's Sculptural work has been exhibited locally and internationally. They have described the work as investigating “traditional patriarchal standards of beauty in relation to the history of white supremacy, imperialism, and current social justice issues.” Their sculptures often consist of amorphous bodily forms are made out of plaster, plastics, resin, metal, fibreglass and lights. In a 2014 review for Hyperallergic Magazine, Alicia Eler wrote of Kwak's exhibition, "Young Joon Kwak’s work is neither binging nor representing — it is a purging, a releasing of one identity not necessarily for another, but for the continued evolution of the self in its variously emerging forms. The snake is free. She is a mutant alien being, continually evolving, a trans/feminine entity of force." (Wikipedia) ...

Young Joon Kwak: Artworks
Mother Breast
Young Joon Kwak
Mother Breast, 2014
19.05 x 18.42 x 6.35cm
Untitled (Corner Grid)
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled (Corner Grid), 2014
170.18 x 60.96 x 83.82cm
Untitled Lantern
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled Lantern, 2014
76.2 x 76.2 x 58.42cm
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality)
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality), 2014
53.34 x 50.8 x 38.1cm
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality)
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality), 2014
53.34 x 50.8 x 38.1cm
Spartan Skin (Face Mask)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Face Mask), 2021
43.18 x 33.02 x 20.96cm
Spartan Skin (Prayer to Leonard Jungwirth)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Prayer to Leonard Jungwirth), 2021
25.4 x 38.1 x 30.48cm
Spartan Skin (Hand in Helmet)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Hand in Helmet), 2021
41.91 x 57.78 x 39.37cm
Spartan Skin (Booty)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Booty), 2021
49.53 x 55.24 x 22.86cm
Prayers
Young Joon Kwak
Prayers, 2021
182.88 x 182.88 x 4.44cm
My White Face
Young Joon Kwak
My White Face, 2021
64.14 x 50.16cm
Spartan Impression (Face)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Face), 2021
76.2 x 76.2cm
Spartan Impression (Mermaid Booty)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Mermaid Booty), 2021
207.01 x 105.41cm
Spartan Impression (Foot)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Foot), 2021
85.72 x 48.26cm
Sleeping Muse
Young Joon Kwak
Sleeping Muse, 2020
25.4 x 33.02 x 24.13cm
Venus Trap
Young Joon Kwak
Venus Trap, 2020
52.07 x 30.48 x 30.48cm
The Gift
Young Joon Kwak
The Gift, 2020
59.69 x 121.92 x 114.3cm
Mother Ground
Young Joon Kwak
Mother Ground, 2020
81.28 x 60.96 x 58.42cm
Vaginis Canal Growths II
Young Joon Kwak
Vaginis Canal Growths II, 2018
24.13 x 29.21 x 26.67cm
Trans Creation Relic II
Young Joon Kwak
Trans Creation Relic II, 2019
21.59 x 40.64 x 15.24cm
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis III
Young Joon Kwak
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis III, 2017
11.43 x 6.98 x 8.26cm
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis IV
Young Joon Kwak
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis IV, 2017
12.7 x 8.26 x 6.98cm
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis V
Young Joon Kwak
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis V, 2017
13.34 x 11.43 x 12.06cm
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis VI
Young Joon Kwak
Inverted Masturbator Vaginis VI, 2017
11.43 x 15.24 x 10.16cm
Trans-Creation Relic and Untitled (Plinth IV)
Young Joon Kwak
Trans-Creation Relic and Untitled (Plinth IV), 2018
13.97 x 13.97 x 33.02cm
Vaginis Light
Young Joon Kwak
Vaginis Light, 2017
73.66 x 30.48 x 50.8cm
Vaginis Wreath
Young Joon Kwak
Vaginis Wreath, 2017
26.67 x 27.94 x 6.35cm
Lying Hermaphroditus
Young Joon Kwak
Lying Hermaphroditus, 2017
175.26 x 60.96 x 33.02cm
Remote Vaginis
Young Joon Kwak
Remote Vaginis, 2017
17.78 x 8.89 x 17.78cm
Hermaphroditus’s Reveal I
Young Joon Kwak
Hermaphroditus’s Reveal I, 2017
106.68 x 71.12 x 83.82cm
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality)
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled Sculptures (Garden of Trans-Mortality), 2014
160.02 x 78.74 x 48.26cm
Untitled Wall Piece (Cube)
Young Joon Kwak
Untitled Wall Piece (Cube), 2014
127 x 127 x 10.16cm
Excreted Venus
Young Joon Kwak
Excreted Venus, 2013
226.06 x 111.76 x 2.54cm
Aggregate Body
Young Joon Kwak
Aggregate Body, 2013
210.82 x 83.82cm
Buxom Sparty
Young Joon Kwak
Buxom Sparty, 2021
119.38 x 68.58 x 27.94cm
Spartan Impression (Torso)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Torso), 2021
149.86 x 107.32cm
Spartan Impression (Arm and Leg)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Arm and Leg), 2021
217.17 x 77.47cm
Spartan Impression (Pillar with Helmet or Sun on the Horizon)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Impression (Pillar with Helmet or Sun on the Horizon), 2021
76.2 x 172.72cm
Divine Ruin (my Face)
Young Joon Kwak
Divine Ruin (my Face), 2021
27.94 x 17.14 x 12.7cm
Spartan Ruins
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Ruins, 2021
182.88 x 182.88 x 4.44cm
Spartan Skin (Torso)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Torso), 2021
17.14 x 91.44 x 79.38cm
Skin (My Face)
Young Joon Kwak
Skin (My Face), 2021
28.58 x 16.51 x 7.62cm
Spartan Skin (Hand on Groin)
Young Joon Kwak
Spartan Skin (Hand on Groin), 2021
20.32 x 64.14 x 66.04cm
Hermaphroditus' Reveal II
Young Joon Kwak
Hermaphroditus' Reveal II, 2017
99.06 x 60.96 x 17.78cm
Face Wipe IV (David)
Young Joon Kwak
Face Wipe IV (David), 2017
45.72 x 43.18 x 40.64cm
Pinwheel Vaginis
Young Joon Kwak
Pinwheel Vaginis, 2017
7.62 x 7.62 x 5.08cm
Trans-Creation Relic
Young Joon Kwak
Trans-Creation Relic, 2017
12.7 x 35.56 x 15.24cm
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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