Symbolic

Lotus L. Kang

Lotus L. Kang’s In Cascades invites viewers into a liminal space between inside and outside, life and regeneration, emptiness and fullness, evoking a sense of constant transformation. Photographic films unfurl from steel joists suspended from the ceiling, while floor sculptures made of tatami mats and cast-aluminum objects anchor the installation. The materials—industrial, portable, and adaptable—emphasize…
Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio

Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, March 20- August 11, 2024). Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio, Paloma Blanca Deja Volar / White Dove Let Us Fly, 2024. Photograph by Ron Amstutz Amber changes over time and the artist altered this amber to be less stable in the…
Juliette Minchin

The Coffelou Sweeping, 2021 Materials: Wax, steel, wicks and LEDs Process: Covering steel in hot wax, letting it dry then melting over time Content: Ritual, facade, temporal, “plasticity, metamorphosis, growth, dissolution, destruction, deliquescence, degeneration“ Source: “Juliette Minchin | Artist on Gallery Viewer | Gallery Vi…” Galleryviewer.com, galleryviewer.com/en/gallery/384/roof-a/artists/5937/juliette-minchin. Accessed 26 June 2024. Ebert, Grace. “Inspired by…
Kevin Beasley

Untitled (Hollow), 2016 Materials: Resin, House dresses, kaftans Process: Dipping clothes into resin, forming and draping them while they dry. Ghostly figures, absence and implied presence
Louise Bourgeois

Destruction of the Father, 1974 MaterialsWood, latex rubber, plaster, fabric Process“Bourgeois bought hunks of mutton and beef, decidedly on the bone, cast them in plaster and then covered the plaster with latex rubber” Latex over plaster, possibly cast onto the latex directly or adhered after the plaster has dried. Weaver, Ben. “THE LONDON LIST —…
Merett Oppenheim

Object, 1936 Materials: Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, cup Process: Adhesive to attach fur Content: Surrealism, hard/soft, luxury Oppenheim uses fur to create a surrealist object: “a sculpture that joined incongruous parts to create an impossible, uncanny object” It brings about ideas of hard and soft, luxury and the tactile experience of using the objects.…
Abraham Cruzvillegas

Symbolic/Color Horizontes, 2005 https://art21.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cruzvillegas-artwork-007-horizontes.jpg Materials: Acrylic enamel gloss pink paint and chalk-board green paint on approximately 400 found objects Process: Dip dye Content: Uniformity Juxtaposition of the chalky green and the glossy pink. Identity- “The pink and green reference the Mangueira favela flag from the Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, where Cruzvillegas visited in…
Anish Kapoor (Red Wax)

Blood Relation, 2006 Materials: Bronze and wax The way Kapoor uses the red wax in a variety of ways; melted irregular form, molded spheres, a melted puddle and a congealed wedge. This brings a variety of textures of roughness, smoothness and reflective highlights to the piece. The different states of the wax can reference transformation,…
Wax

Wax on paper towel roll AppearanceHardened, has a waxy sheen. The rolls are attached and hold a bent shape. Physical ChangesOff white/creamThe separated layers of towels are visible adding more texture and interior surfaceHeavier UtilityCan by used to adhere materialsCan be absorbed into an object that is porousHolds its shapeCan add an irregular sheen to…
Orange Marking Spray Paint

Marking Spray Paint on brass AppearanceSmooth and chalky, has flaked off in some spots.Very bright, fluorescent Physical ChangesMade a shiny, reflective surface fluorescentChalky, smooth and soft to the touch UtilityUsed to highlight utilities, construction sites, road surfaces and athletic fieldsFairly sensitive, rubs off- could be sealed Consider other materials for marking space (road lines, sports…