Friday, April 17, 2009

{black light /// dark romance}


Chinese-Canadian artist,
Terence Koh's "These Decades That We Never Sleep, Black Light" (2004).

Taking the form of a boudoir chandelier, Terence Koh’s These Decades That We Never Sleep, Black Light hangs with a tempting anticipation; its heavy weight dangles, both dangerous and beguiling, dripping opulent crystals and bijou. Rather than illuminating, the sculpture’s deadened black surface promises to devour. Flirting between pleasure and pain, lust and death, Koh offers a dark romanticism, filled with apprehension and possibility.

Source: The Saatchi Gallery - London Contemporary Art