art cologne 2024

8 – 10 November 2024

For the presentation in the Collaborations sector of this year's Art Cologne, max goelitz presents a unique booth concept that brings works by the London-based artist group Troika into dialog with sculptural works by Nicolás Lamas and Ju Young Kim. The artistic positions share an interest in alternative readings of our reality, which they combine with scientific research to create novel, symbolically recoded objects.

 

In their paintings, sculptures and expansive installations, Troika explores the interactions between analog and digital realities. At the center of their interest are experiences and knowledge gained through technology and the ways in which it transforms man's relationship to nature, society and reality globally.

 

Nicolás Lamas works at the intersection of art, science, technology and everyday culture, combining diverse materials, life forms, technological artefacts and linguistic references. His sculptural assemblages deconstruct established views that determine the way we perceive, interpret and interact with the environment. 

 

Ju Young Kim explores transitional states and transit zones in her sculptures and installations by combining industrial transportation modules from airplanes and cars into symbolically encoded works. She blends these with stained glass, cast metal, ceramics and plastic, thus bringing together high-tech objects with hand crafts techniques. 

 

With these artistic positions, the booth offers a multi-layered examination of contemporary themes such as technology, perception, globalization and materiality, which are also explored in depth in international solo exhibitions by the presented artists.

Booth A-204

 

Troika

Nicolás Lamas

Ju Young Kim

 

Preview 7 November 2024

Fair Days 8 – 10 November 2024

 

Detailed photos and further information on the individual works can be opened by clicking on the respective images.

 

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  • preview of selected works

    • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #7, 2024
      Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #7, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, Métamorphoses de l'art antique, 2021
      Nicolás Lamas, Métamorphoses de l'art antique, 2021
    • Ju Young Kim, Unsent Parcel, 2022
      Ju Young Kim, Unsent Parcel, 2022
    • Troika, Reality is not Always Probable, 2024
      Troika, Reality is not Always Probable, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, Linguistic networks, 2023
      Nicolás Lamas, Linguistic networks, 2023
    • Troika, Forest Filled with Pines and Electronics, 2024
      Troika, Forest Filled with Pines and Electronics, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, The circulation of our ruins, 2023
      Nicolás Lamas, The circulation of our ruins, 2023
    • Ju Young Kim, A green door at the butterfly house, 2024
      Ju Young Kim, A green door at the butterfly house, 2024
    • Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #8, 2024
      Ju Young Kim, Not for Navigation #8, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, Métamorphoses de l'art antique, 2021
      Nicolás Lamas, Métamorphoses de l'art antique, 2021
    • Troika, Reality Is Not Always Probable, 2022
      Troika, Reality Is Not Always Probable, 2022
    • Nicolás Lamas, Soft matter, fluid screen #2, 2024
      Nicolás Lamas, Soft matter, fluid screen #2, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, Fluid pasts, 2021
      Nicolás Lamas, Fluid pasts, 2021
    • Nicolás Lamas, Letters to the future, 2024
      Nicolás Lamas, Letters to the future, 2024
    • Troika, Reality is not Always Probable, 2024
      Troika, Reality is not Always Probable, 2024
    • Nicolás Lamas, Network cross section, 2024
      Nicolás Lamas, Network cross section, 2024
  • artists

  • Ju Young Kim
    Ju Young Kim (2024) | Photo: YeGyu Shin
     
     

    Ju Young Kim

    Ju Young Kim (*1991, Seoul, KR) explores transitional states and transit zones in her sculptures and installations by combining industrial transportation modules from airplanes and cars into symbolically encoded works. She blends these with stained glass, cast metal, ceramics and plastic, thus bringing together high-tech objects with hand crafts techniques. The works are characterized by surreal elements that have been extracted from their original context and open up a new perspective on the phenomena of the globalized world. In her conceptual explorations, she examines the relativity of space and time from the perspective of a transcontinental traveler. Landscape motifs and traditional symbolism meet industrial products and transportation systems to paint a picture of an accelerated society in which different cultural and temporal components collide.

     

    → CV Ju Young Kim

  • Nicolás Lamas
    Niolás Lamas (2024) | Photo: Blaž Gutman

    Nicolás Lamas

    Nicolás Lamas (*1980 in Lima, PE) works at the intersection of art, science, technology and everyday culture, combining diverse materials, life forms, technological artefacts and linguistic references. His sculptural assemblages deconstruct established views that determine the way we perceive, interpret and interact with the environment. By fusing and recontextualizing everyday fragments with historical artefacts, Lamas creates sculptures that blur temporal boundaries, appropriating archaeological aesthetics while drawing on digital technologies. He creates a dialogue between opposing forces to break down a strict division of disciplines and dissolve traditional notions of matter. Lamas creates a hierarchy-less interplay in which the relationship between the human body and organic, as well as inorganic matter is a recurring theme.

     

    → CV Nicolás Lamas

  • Troika
    Troika (2024) | Photo: Dirk Tacke

    Troika

    Troika is a contemporary art group founded in 2003 by Eva Rucki (*1976, Germany), Conny Freyer (*1976, Germany), and Sebastien Noel (*1977, France). The artists live and work in London, UK. The collective’s paintings, sculptures, films, and large-scale installations contemplate on the intersections between analog and digital realities. At the center of their interest are humanity‘s experiences and knowledge gained through technology and how these transform our understanding and relationships to nature, society, and reality. Troika’s collaborative approach is usually based on in-depth scientific research in the fields of natural philosophy and the history of technology. Their work incorporates complex questions about artificial intelligence, algorithmic data, alternative forms of life, and virtual and physical representation systems.

     

    → CV Troika