06/16/2026
Installation is nearly complete for the four concurrent exhibitions opening Thursday June 18th from 6-8pm at Robischon Gallery, including the installation of 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, the dynamic two person exhibition featuring work by Jae Ko and Linda Fleming. Both acclaimed artists explore exuberant abstraction, infused with the rhythms of nature, embodying the movement, patterns, and the varied textures of natural phenomena. Ko and Fleming share in the pursuit of organic form yet in boldly contrasting means and application.
Always attuned to light, Fleming's forms suggest a cyclical nature and capture an essence of the most impermanent senses of sight, sound, smell, sound and taste. Elegant ellipses, spirals, and ribbons in raw and powder-coated steel offer a visual kinship with her co-exhibition artist, the equally noteworthy sculptor, Jae Ko.
Ko's distinctive, highly saturated ink and paper sculptures, created in impactful varied greens and crimson, reveal the artist's masterful and inspired take on nature. Her repeating form and mark feel familiar as seemingly found in nature, yet exude an other-worldly quality - directed by the hand of the artist and her chosen vibrant palette.
Inspired by nature, through observations of ice formations, trees, calligraphy, and a fusion of Western and Eastern sensibilities, like Fleming, Ko has pursued her highly identifiable language for many decades.
The singular vocabulary which each artist, Linda Fleming and Jae Ko, are able coax from her materials, blend and contrast in 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, offering the viewer a boldly complex and nuanced two-person exhibition.
𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 by Jae Ko and Linda Fleming will be on view beginning Thursday, June 18th, from 6-8pm, in tandem with the work of other standout artists: Kate Petley, Deborah Zlotsky, Derrick Velasquez and Teo González.
Images: 1) Portrait of Jae Ko, 2-3) “Red #1,” rolled paper, ink, 46 x 46 x 3 in., 4) Portrait of Linda Fleming, 5-6) “Red Tumble,” powder coated steel, 48 x 56 x 2 in.