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Artist
Gala Porras-Kim
b. 1984, Bogotá, Colombia · Colombian-American · Based in Los Angeles, USA; London, UK
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia
- Drawing
- Sculpture
- Installation
- Archival Research
Gala Porras-Kim examines how museums classify, conserve and own cultural objects. Her drawings and installations focus on artifacts whose original meanings exceed institutional categories, often proposing alternative futures for collections.
Drawing; sculpture; installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Gala Porras-Kim, Bryan Barcena, and Glenn Wharton in Conversation
The Museum of Contemporary Art67 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Exhibition Walkthrough Bryan Barcena on Open House: Gala Porras-Kim
The Museum of Contemporary Art41 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2016The weight of a patina of time
- 2017Out of an instance of expiration comes a perennial showing
- 2021Precipitation for an Arid Landscape
- 2021A Terminal Escape from the Place That Binds Us
- 2020Mmuor
- 2015The Very Quick of the Word
- 2015An Index and Its Settings
- 2022A Hand in Nature
- 2010sNational Museum projects
- 2010s–20sConservation Proposals
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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