Invitation to KHÔRA Salon | "Stream" by Featured Artist Linda Sormin
Trained in traditional methods of clay forming, I strive to decolonize ceramics by disrupting constructs of material “fluency” and subverting “correct” approaches.
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Today’s post from Issue 26 features the stunning work of sculpture and installation artist Linda Sormin. Trained in traditional methods of clay forming, she strives to decolonize ceramics by disrupting constructs of material “fluency” and subverting “correct” approaches. Linda’s work explores themes of fragility, upheaval, migration, survival and change through sculpture and site-responsive installations.
Art in America said of Linda’s installation at MassMoCA:
"The most impressive work in the show is Linda Sormin’s gargantuan agglomeration of tangled clay tubes, numerous video screens of varying size, a section of a spiral staircase, a dragon head used in Chinese festival dances, and detritus, arcing through the air within and around a zigzag metal framework. Though static, the form suggests exuberant motion, like a whiplashing fire hose. The creation might seem at first apocalyptic, a triumph of disorder; to the contrary, its title, Stream (2020–21), highlights the video images of flowing water and abstract patterns as well as the sculpture’s overall fluid aerial configuration, recalling the acrobatics of flying dragons in Chinese myth and art."
“Nothing is thrown away — this immigrant lives in fear of waste. Old yoghurt starts a new batch. Images glitch and flow. What is worth risking for things to get juicy, rare, ripe? What might be discovered on the verge of things going bad?”
— Linda Sormin
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