Photo of collection object 13 International Dogs
Gala Porras-Kim. 13 International Dogs, 2019. Graphite, color pencil, and ink on paper mounted on canvas, 60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm). Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019, 2019.22. © Gala Porras-Kim © artist or artist's estate.

13 International Dogs

2019

Gala Porras-Kim

Colombian, born 1984

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

Interested in how museums construct art-historical narratives, Gala Porras-Kim incorporates objects from museum collections into drawings that are at once humorous and critical. 13 International Dogs may appear deadpan in its seemingly clinical representation of variously animated ancient canines from global art history, but Porras-Kim looks insightfully at the ways the meanings of objects change when they enter different spaces and different histories, especially through the conceptual work of an artist. Have museums artificially separated historical objects from contemporary art? What happens to the meaning of both when they become part of an integrated conversation?
Maker/Artist
Gala Porras-Kim
Classification
Drawing
Formatted Medium
Graphite, color pencil, and ink on paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions
60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)
Accession Number
2019.22
Credit Line
Purchased with funds given by The LIFEWTR Fund at Frieze New York 2019
Rights Statement
© artist or artist's estate
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