Conversation

Excerpt:

On the occasion of Lotus L. Kang’s exhibition Already at 52 Walker, we invited the artist and Precious Okoyomon to be in conversation. We offered them both a list of questions, asking them each to select six that they would like to hear the other answer. The focus wasn’t their work itself, but rather the structures that support it—the habits, rituals, forms of discipline, and ideas that shape their respective practices. Their exchange stays with the parts of making that are harder to capture: the pressure to define something still in motion, the work of staying inside uncertainty, and the challenge of holding form without forcing it. What emerges isn’t clarity but a shared commitment to process over product, detailing a commitment to rigor without rigidity.

They talk about the need for routine, the friction between care and control, and how memory, movement, and place register across their shared sensibilities. Both resist the idea of the artist as a singular authority; practice is something built collaboratively, slowly, and often without clear resolution.

Lotus L. Kang

What is the quietest part of your practice?

Precious Okoyomon

It’s secretly my studio practice. I spend most of my time alone when I’m there. It shows up for me as alone time, and is the quietest part of my day. Sometimes my studio manager comes, but it’s mostly just me reading and researching. And it’s a lot of study. I spend a lot of time studying alone...

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