Title
Round
Unglazed ceramic, graphite, steel, mahogany
Two parts: approx. 7.5 x 6 x 6 inches; approx. 8 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches
Estimated Value Range:
$12,000 - $16,000
Starting bid: $8,000
Part of her celebrated project and multivenue exhibitions focused on LACMA’s Proctor Stafford Collection, Gala Porras-Kim’s Vessel with lip 1 embodies the artist’s ongoing examination of artifact, authorship, and meaning. Winner of the 2025 Heinz Award for Art, Porras-Kim has had solo exhibitions in Mexico City, London, Seoul, and several US cities, and has been featured in the Whitney, Gwangju, Ural, and São Paulo Biennials. A Harvard Fellow and Getty Institute Artist-in-Residence, Porras-Kim occupies a vital and singular place in the contemporary canon.
Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council
Photo caption: Gala Porras-Kim, Vessel with lip 1, 2017. Unglazed ceramic, graphite, steel, mahogany. Two parts: approx. 7 1/2 x 6 x 6 in; approx. 8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Photo: Ruben Diaz.
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Gala Porras-Kim
Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Bogotá) lives and works in Los Angeles and London. She received an MFA from CalArts and an MA in Latin American Studies from UCLA. She has had solo exhibitions at MUAC Kadist, Amant Foundation, Gasworks, London, and CAMSTL, and her work has been included in the Whitney and Ural Industrial Biennials (2019), and Gwangju and Sao Paulo Biennales (2021). She was a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2019) and artist-in-residence at the Getty Research Institute (2020-22).
