Commonwealth and Council

Familial Technologies

Cayetano Ferrer, Gala Porras-Kim, Kang Seung Lee, Lotus L. Kang, rafa esparza, Rose Salane

Press Release

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Rose Salane

Summer 2006, American Stock Exchange, 86 Trinity Place

2022

Silkscreen on archival paper, wood frame

49 x 66.75 in (124 x 170 cm)

Framed: 50.5 x 68.25 x 2 in (128 x 173 x 5 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Lotus L. Kang

Mesoderm (Holes)

2023

Photographic paper, darkroom chemicals, spherical magnets on pigmented silicone

Approx. 17 x 12 x 1.25 in (43 x 31 x 3 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Lotus L. Kang

Mesoderm (Market)

2023

Photographic paper, darkroom chemicals, spherical magnets on pigmented silicone

Approx. 17 x 22 x 1.5 in (43 x 56 x 4 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Lotus L. Kang

Mother (Spore, 2022-2023)

2022-23

Stainless steel mixing bowls, pigmented silicone, rubber, cast aluminum anchovies, cast aluminum Asian pears, cast aluminum chestnuts, cast aluminum lotus root, cast aluminum kelp knots, cast aluminum dried pear, cast aluminum cabbage, dried lotus tubers, nylon, hat

Ten parts: 4.75 x 12.75 x 12.75 in (12 x 33 x 33 cm); 5.75 x 20.5 x 20.5 in (15 x 52 x 52 cm); 7.5 x 21.5 x 21.5 in (19 x 55 x 55 cm); 7.25 x 22.5 x 22.5 in (19 x 57 x 57 cm); 7.25 x 22 x 22 in (19 x 56 x 56 cm); 7 x 22.5 x 22.5 in (18 x 57 x 57 cm); 8 x 27 x 27 in (20 x 69 x 69 cm); 8.5 x 29.5 x 29.5 in (22 x 75 x 75 cm); 9 x 30.25 x 30.25 in (23 x 77 x 77 cm); 6 x 14.25 x 14.25 in (15 x 36 x 36 cm); installation dimensions variable

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Lotus L. Kang

Mesoderm (Receiver Transmitter I)

2023

Darkroom chemicals, oil pastel on photographic paper, artist’s frame

10.75 x 13.75 in (27 x 35 cm)

Framed: 13 x 16 x 2.25 in (33 x 41 x 6 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Cayetano Ferrer

Quarry Composite (Wall Plate)

2014

Marble fragment, synthetic marble infill

48 x 36 x 3 in (122 x 91 x 8 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Detail view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Cayetano Ferrer

Quarry Composite (Sink Fill)

2012

Marble fragment, synthetic marble infill, steel base

44 x 54 x 28 in (112 x 137 x 71 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Gala Porras-Kim

San Vitale, Ravenna, marble floor reconstruction

2023

Colored pencil on paper

49.25 x 49.25 x 2 in (125 x 125 x 5 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Kang Seung Lee

Untitled (Peter Hujar, Paul Thek at the Palermo Catacombs, 1963/Paul Thek, Get Over Yourself, Thek’s notebook #81, n.d.)

2023

Graphite on paper, antique 24k gold thread on Sambe, walnut frame

Two parts: approx. 8 x8 in (21 x 21 cm); 11 x 9 in (28 x 23 cm)

Framed: 24.5 x 19.5 x 1.5 in (63 x 50 x 4 cm); 14.75 x 12.75 x 1.5 in (25 x 20 x 2 cm); overall: 24.5 x 37 x 1.5 in (63 x94 x 4 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Gala Porras-Kim

One clump of feathers in bag with Post-it; One iron nail; One ivory horn with Post-it; One small obsidian piece with Post-it; One coil of hide rope; One bag of rocks and terra cotta

2016

Graphite on cotton paper, oak frame

Six parts: 11.25 x 8.25 in (29 x 21 cm) each

Framed: 13 x 10 x 1.5 in (33 x 26 x 4 cm) each; overall: 29 x 36 x 1.5 in (74 x 92 x 4 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson

Kang Seung Lee

Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 1985)

2021

Graphite on paper, wood frame

9.5 x 9.25 in (24 x 23 cm)

Framed: 20 x 20 x 1.5 in (51 x 51 x 4 cm)

Photo: Paul Salveson

rafa esparza

banqueta

2017/2024

Adobe

Dimensions variable

Photo: Paul Salveson

Installation view

Photo: Paul Salveson