• Lotus Laurie Kang
  • CV
  • Molt, Horizon Art Foundation
  • Mesoderm, 2022-ongoing
  • Do Redo Repeat, Catriona Jeffries
  • Great Shuttle, New Museum
  • Earth Surge, Helena Anrather and Franz Kaka
  • Her Own Devices, Franz Kaka
  • In Practice: Total Disbelief, SculptureCenter
  • Beolle, Oakville Galleries
  • Eidetic Tides, SAAG
  • Guts
  • Terrene
  • If I have a body, Remai Modern
  • Asphodel Meadows
  • NADA House, Governors Island
  • Channeller, Interstate Projects
  • A Body Knots, Gallery TPW
  • Fascia Lines, Projet Pangee
  • Line Litter, Franz Kaka
  • How deep is your love?, Cooper Cole
  • Nesticulations, In Limbo
  • Knots
  • Babble On, Rockaway Topless
  • The Mouth Holds the Tongue, The Power Plant
  • Untitled, Erin Stump Projects
Lotus Laurie Kang
CV
Molt, Horizon Art Foundation
Mesoderm, 2022-ongoing
Do Redo Repeat, Catriona Jeffries
Great Shuttle, New Museum
Earth Surge, Helena Anrather and Franz Kaka
Her Own Devices, Franz Kaka
In Practice: Total Disbelief, SculptureCenter
Beolle, Oakville Galleries
Eidetic Tides, SAAG
Guts
Terrene
If I have a body, Remai Modern
Asphodel Meadows
NADA House, Governors Island
Channeller, Interstate Projects
A Body Knots, Gallery TPW
Fascia Lines, Projet Pangee
Line Litter, Franz Kaka
How deep is your love?, Cooper Cole
Nesticulations, In Limbo
Knots
Babble On, Rockaway Topless
The Mouth Holds the Tongue, The Power Plant
Untitled, Erin Stump Projects
2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone
New Museum, New York 
October 28 2021 - January 23 2022

8 Standouts at the 2021 New Museum Triennial, Alex Greenberger, ARTnews
Under The Skin Of Newness, Domenick Ammirati, Artforum 
The Gentle Force of the New Museum Triennial, Ela Bittencourt, Frieze 
The New Museum Triennial Takes A Subtle Turn, Vivian Chui, Ocula Magazine 


The title of the 2021 Triennial, “Soft Water Hard Stone,” is taken from a Brazilian proverb, versions of which are found across cultures:

Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura (Soft water on hard stone hits until it bores a hole).

The proverb can be said to have two meanings: if one persists long enough, the desired effect can eventually be achieved; and time can destroy even the most perceptibly solid materials. The title speaks to ideas of resilience and perseverance, and the impact that an insistent yet discrete gesture can have in time. It also provides a metaphor for resistance, as water—a constantly flowing and transient material—is capable of eventually dissolving stone—a substance associated with permanence, but also composed of tiny particles that can collapse under pressure.

In this moment of profound change, where structures that were once thought to be stable are disintegrating or on the edge of collapse, the 2021 Triennial recognizes artists re-envisioning traditional models, materials, and techniques beyond established paradigms. Their works exalt states of transformation, calling attention to the malleability of structures, porous and unstable surfaces, and the fluid and adaptable potential of both technological and organic mediums. Throughout the exhibition, artists address the regenerative potential of the natural world and our inseparable relationship to it, and grapple with entrenched legacies of colonialism, displacement, and violence. Their works look back at overlooked histories and artistic traditions, while at the same time look forward toward the creative potential that might give dysfunctional or discarded remains new life. It is through their reconfigurations and reimaginings that we are reminded of not only our temporality, but also our adaptability—fundamental characteristics we share, and that keep us human.

“Soft Water Hard Stone” is curated by Margot Norton, Allen and Lola Goldring Curator at the New Museum, and Jamillah James, Senior Curator, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), with Jeanette Bisschops, Curatorial Fellow, and Bernardo Mosqueira, ISLAA Curatorial Fellow.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue copublished by the New Museum and Phaidon Press Limited. Designed by Elizabeth Karp-Evans and Adam Turnbull of Studio Pacific, the catalogue and includes contributions from Jamillah James, Margot Norton, Karen Archey, Eunsong Kim, and Bernardo Mosqueira, and features original interviews with all forty artists participating in the exhibition.

Great Shuttle, 2020–21 

Flex track, steel studs, airline cable, hardware, unfixed and continually sensitive film, photograms, spherical magnets, silicone, thread; cast aluminum anchovies, lotus root, perilla leaf, and cabbage leaf.

 


Root, 2020–21 

Cast aluminum

2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone
New Museum, New York 
October 28 2021 - January 23 2022

8 Standouts at the 2021 New Museum Triennial, Alex Greenberger, ARTnews
Under The Skin Of Newness, Domenick Ammirati, Artforum 
The Gentle Force of the New Museum Triennial, Ela Bittencourt, Frieze 
The New Museum Triennial Takes A Subtle Turn, Vivian Chui, Ocula Magazine 


The title of the 2021 Triennial, “Soft Water Hard Stone,” is taken from a Brazilian proverb, versions of which are found across cultures:

Água mole em pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura (Soft water on hard stone hits until it bores a hole).

The proverb can be said to have two meanings: if one persists long enough, the desired effect can eventually be achieved; and time can destroy even the most perceptibly solid materials. The title speaks to ideas of resilience and perseverance, and the impact that an insistent yet discrete gesture can have in time. It also provides a metaphor for resistance, as water—a constantly flowing and transient material—is capable of eventually dissolving stone—a substance associated with permanence, but also composed of tiny particles that can collapse under pressure.

In this moment of profound change, where structures that were once thought to be stable are disintegrating or on the edge of collapse, the 2021 Triennial recognizes artists re-envisioning traditional models, materials, and techniques beyond established paradigms. Their works exalt states of transformation, calling attention to the malleability of structures, porous and unstable surfaces, and the fluid and adaptable potential of both technological and organic mediums. Throughout the exhibition, artists address the regenerative potential of the natural world and our inseparable relationship to it, and grapple with entrenched legacies of colonialism, displacement, and violence. Their works look back at overlooked histories and artistic traditions, while at the same time look forward toward the creative potential that might give dysfunctional or discarded remains new life. It is through their reconfigurations and reimaginings that we are reminded of not only our temporality, but also our adaptability—fundamental characteristics we share, and that keep us human.

“Soft Water Hard Stone” is curated by Margot Norton, Allen and Lola Goldring Curator at the New Museum, and Jamillah James, Senior Curator, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), with Jeanette Bisschops, Curatorial Fellow, and Bernardo Mosqueira, ISLAA Curatorial Fellow.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue copublished by the New Museum and Phaidon Press Limited. Designed by Elizabeth Karp-Evans and Adam Turnbull of Studio Pacific, the catalogue and includes contributions from Jamillah James, Margot Norton, Karen Archey, Eunsong Kim, and Bernardo Mosqueira, and features original interviews with all forty artists participating in the exhibition.

Great Shuttle, 2020–21 

Flex track, steel studs, airline cable, hardware, unfixed and continually sensitive film, photograms, spherical magnets, silicone, thread; cast aluminum anchovies, lotus root, perilla leaf, and cabbage leaf.

 


Root, 2020–21 

Cast aluminum