Abstract / Description of output
It is a surprising, if somewhat mild, first impact. Compressed, framed squares of cotton wool, dusted in pastel pigments and suspended from the ceiling with ribbons, sway gently in the currents of passers-by. Around the corner, something sharper greets us. A collection of rocks have been placed on a sheet of zinc into which small rectangles have been cut, creating a simple yet moving tension between geometry and the natural world.
Fragility and presence, lightness and mass, the aerial and the earthbound: at first, this pairing of the Japanese artist Kishio Suga (b. 1944) and the Scottish artist Karla Black (b. 1972) might seem an obvious one. Both appear to be concerned with the potency of material and the revelation, or indication, of a material’s latent forces. Both explore the event of installation and its impact on the spatiality, duration and relationality of objects. And the work of both inhabits various registers between constructed artifice and the sense of the natural with a striking economy of means.
Fragility and presence, lightness and mass, the aerial and the earthbound: at first, this pairing of the Japanese artist Kishio Suga (b. 1944) and the Scottish artist Karla Black (b. 1972) might seem an obvious one. Both appear to be concerned with the potency of material and the revelation, or indication, of a material’s latent forces. Both explore the event of installation and its impact on the spatiality, duration and relationality of objects. And the work of both inhabits various registers between constructed artifice and the sense of the natural with a striking economy of means.
Original language | English |
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Volume | 38 |
Specialist publication | MAP |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2017 |