Lotus L. Kang's 'Casket' at Mendes Wood DM Explores Avian Inheritance

Mendes Wood DM is presenting Casket, a solo exhibition of new work by Canadian-born, New York-based artist Lotus L. Kang. The centerpiece is Receiver Transmitter (Casket) (2026), a cast aluminum sculpture featuring avian bodies, a motif that has recently emerged in Kang's practice. The sculpture's central image depicts a bird nourishing its young through regurgitation, symbolizing themes of inheritance, loss, and the passage between generations. Kang monumentalizes this exchange, treating it as an ongoing process rather than a final state. The artist has been contemplating concepts of leakiness, regurgitation, and translation, which find literal expression in the act of feeding—one body passing what it holds into another. This leakiness, the inability to contain, serves as the model for inheritance in the work, highlighting the messy, formless nature of passing on life. The exhibition is on view at Mendes Wood DM, though the specific dates are not provided in the source.