Magnetic Combo installation views at l’étrangère gallery
Magnetic Combo: Hyperobjects 1 and 2
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
122 (or 148) x 96 x 59 cm
2016
Magnetic Combo: Time Caribe
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
200 x 79 x 47 cm
2017
Magnetic Combo: Cactus and Catbert
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
144 x 110 x 93 cm
2017
Magnetic Combo: Ĺaszĺo
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
240 x 84 x 52 cm
2016
Magnetic Combo: Battlecat and Tom
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
217 x 119 x 45 cm
2016
Magnetic Combo: Tawny Venus
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
105 x 67 x 32cm
2016
Magnetic Combo: Cheshire Cat
Galvanised steel, Styrofoam, epoxy resin, fibreglass, magnets, paint, varnish
35 x 20 x 37 cm
2017
Magnetic Combo installation views at l’étrangère gallery
Karen Tang, Magnetic Combo: Fast Time, Slow Time, installation view at Richard James, 29 Savile Row, London, October 12 -November 28, 2022. Curated by Milan-based art advisor Helen Varola.
Magnetic Combo: Fast Time, Slow Time was an iteration of Karen Tang’s ‘Magnetic Combo’ in response to the site and Autumn collection at Richard James.
‘The sculptures consist of geometric steel modules that can be reconfigured in response to varying scales and environments. The steel sections allude to high-modernist sculpture but operate as supports for magnetically held forms whose eclectic pop-organic-geological references create assemblages that interact playfully with the window mannequins. Her works present surprising structural and material combinations; industrial steel and fibreglass with fluid, painterly surfaces. Colour is intrinsic to the works ’physical presence and the perception of their sculptural forms in space. A variety of making processes are central in Tang’s practice, including epoxy ‘glassing’, carving, modelling, painted or powder-coated metal.’ (from the Richard James Press Release).