The Inconstant World features nine international artists whose work examines the relationship between perception and abstraction, focusing on visibility and illegibility as artistic strategies. With the body, language, and the experience of time as points of departure, the exhibition engages the limitations of representation and images as sites of interpretation. Each artist uses a different mode of abstraction; works in the exhibition consider the incomplete image, or attempt to represent that which cannot be captured or clearly articulated. The result complicates the viewing process, and encourages a closer look to unpack the work’s meaning.
Participating artists:
Kelly Akashi, Liz Deschenes, David Horvitz, Hanna Hur, Steffani Jemison, K.R.M. Mooney, Sandra Mujinga, B. Ingrid Olson, and Pamela Rosenkranz.
Kelly Akashi b. 1983, based in Los Angeles
Liz Deschenes, b. 1966, based in New York
David Horvitz, b. 1982, based in Los Angeles
Hanna Hur, b. 1985, based in Los Angeles
Steffani Jemison, b. 1981, based in New York
K.R.M. Mooney, b. 1990, based in Oakland
Sandra Mujinga, b. 1989, based in Oslo and Berlin
B. Ingrid Olson, b. 1987, based in Chicago
Pamela Rosenkranz, b. 1979, based in Zurich
Installation view of The Inconstant World, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, March 6–May 30, 2021. Photo: Jeff McLane/ICA LA