The categorical bind

Gala Porras-Kim’s research-driven practice examines how our understanding of cultural artefacts is shaped by the museological and modern epistemological conventions that dictate their collection, taxonomy, preservation and display. Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are pleased to present a solo exhibition featuring new and recent works by the artist on the occasion of London Gallery Weekend. Both visually striking and thought-provoking, Porras-Kim’s drawings, paper marbling works and sculpture explore the transformation—and possibly emancipation—of objects throughout time.

Portrait of Gala Porras-Kim. Photo by Emman Montalvan

Gala Porras-Kim (b.1984, Bogotá) lives and works in Los Angeles and London. The Colombian-Korean-American artist received her Master of Fine Arts from CalArts, Santa Clarita (2009). She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge (2019) and Artist in Residence at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2020–22). Her work has been exhi...

Gala Porras-Kim (b.1984, Bogotá) lives and works in Los Angeles and London. The Colombian-Korean-American artist received her Master of Fine Arts from CalArts, Santa Clarita (2009). She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge (2019) and Artist in Residence at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2020–22). Her work has been exhibited at the MoMA, New York (2023), Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul (2023), MMCA, Seoul (2023), MUAC, Mexico City (2023), Liverpool Biennial (2023), Gwangju Biennial (2021), Sao Paulo Art Biennial (2021), and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2019, 2017).