Jang Koal

Umma

€1,500

Edition of 3011.1 (H) × 34.4 (W) × 9.7 (D) cm

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Jang Koal leans on ancient associations of the female and the feline to create Umma.

Umma, Korean for Mother, is a sculptural interpretation of the artist’s original painting ‘Mother of Cats’. A glossy female figure reclines nude, complimenting Koal’s elegant graphic language. She is surrounded by hand-painted bronze cats – the black symbolises protection, the white feeds from one of her six teats. This vision of harmony between feline and human implies that we are not as different as we seem.

Medium

Resin figure with hand-painted bronze cats on a walnut wood base.

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Finishing

Artist signature and edition size engraved on underside of sculpture.

Release date

November 29, 2022

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Jang Koal1 collaborationThe women Jang Koal paints are quiet and surreal. They’re comfortable with the subtle weirdness that surrounds them. Inspired by personal memories, the portraits also become alter egos – fantasy versions of the artist herself. This sense of dreaminess is cultivated in the vivid colour palette. Koal carefully blends the tones together, mixing different types of paint and pigment. She then applies this to hanji, a traditional Korean paper, that gives the paintings a translucent effect. That artist also ventures into sculpture, creating resin busts. Historically, these were sculptural portraits of people with status – but Koal flips this on its head, sculpting invented characters instead.

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