A first encounter in Into Air is a photographic work. Larger than human height the portrait presents a melting block of frozen pigments. Layered in luscious tones, the ephemeral object...
A first encounter in Into Air is a photographic work. Larger than human height the portrait presents a melting block of frozen pigments. Layered in luscious tones, the ephemeral object is part of a series called ‘Clocks’, several of which anchor the show in the form of lightboxes and photographs. Captured as they perish, each block is an architecture of acrylics, inks, watercolours and dyes, built over a month at sub zero temperatures by Dawn Ng in her studio. Like actual clocks, the works give momentary physicality to passing time. Embedded within uniquely designed wooden structures by the artist in collaboration with EBBA architects to echo the language of church pews and pulpits. Time here is revered in solitary sanctuaries of colour, texture and form.