批評 | 「地球上では、私たちは一時的にゴージャスです」

Glór 6 July – 2 September 2023 In the two-person exhibition, ‘On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous’, curated by Conor O’Grady, Catherine McDonald’s sculptural installation, Of Salt and Ore (2023), features a range of weathered copper and iron vernacular utilitarian objects that serve as hosts for the growth of cubic salt crystals. Over the course of the two-month exhibition, the crystallisation process – resulting from chemical reactions of copper water and supersaturated salt solution – presents the alluring and disquieting nature of corrosion. Entering the installation, two large, rusted, circular vessels are situated on separate plinths, inhabited by stunning crystal ring formations. Eroded and twisted copper piping, with distinctive greenish-blue…
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