Terence Koh
Drummen
10 November - 22 December 2018
Office Baroque, Brussels
For his first exhibition at Office Baroque’s downtown gallery, Terence Koh (CN/CA) will build two earth covered rooms where visitors are invited to walk around, lie down, contemplate 88 drawings while hearing the vibrations of a robotic arm hitting a drum at 220 beats per minute, inhale fumes of melting beeswax and feel the presence of buried objects.
To explain the exhibition to the public, Koh, in the tradition of artists like James Lee Byars, has sent a letter to the gallery. It will be reproduced in facsimile as a handout for visitors to the exhibition. The letter will explain in detail, the relationship between his 88 drawings, the Voyager space capsule, storytelling, apple seeds, light and evolution. If you would like to receive a copy of the letter by post, please send us your postal address using this form.
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, Brussels
Photo: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, BrusselsPhoto: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, BrusselsPhoto: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, BrusselsPhoto: Isabelle Arthuis
Installation view Terence Koh Drummen, Office Baroque, BrusselsPhoto: Isabelle Arthuis
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 9, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 6, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 16, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 17, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 39, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 51, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 68, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 69, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, voyager drawing 77, 2018 glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist’s fingerprints, various materials, 47 × 40 cm
Terence Koh, drums, 2018, found book, charcoal, ash, pencil, various materials, 25 × 18 × 4 cm
About Terence Koh
Artist page
Terence Koh (Beijing, China, 1977). Lives and work in Los Angeles, USA. Terence Koh is a conceptual artist who translates his ideas through a wide variety of media and by synthesizing different art forms. From sculptural installations to theatrical performances, he explores a broad range of subjects such as identity, sexuality, politics, and the natural world. The work often stems from opposing themes: life and death, purity and perversion, beauty and repulsion, chaos and order. Ritualistic in its production and evocative in its final presentation, Koh’s work expands the discourse on conceptual art.
Terence Koh’s work has been the subject of major international exhibitions, most recently at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon; Tate Modern, London; MOMA PS1, New York; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.