K.R.M. Mooney
Site Value I, 2019

K.R.M. Mooney is a subtle materialist. Like a chemist of sorts, Mooney’s work focuses on the way materials and forms interact and impact one another. (…) Mooney’s objects distill the observable and imperceptible properties of organic and industrial materials, investigating structural capacities and potentials as well as the effects of time, temperature, and adjacency. (…) The artist’s use of electroplated steel, calcium carbonate, and substances in various forms draws out affinities between discrete objects. The compounds and elements become a node in the networked modes of material behaviors. By emphasizing the gallery floor, for instance, the very basis of the architectural interior and the physical support of many of his works, Mooney subverts the assumed invisibility and auxiliary role of the ground, embracing it in a gesture of long-lasting care.

Excerpt from K.R.M. Mooney’s biography on Miguel Abreu Gallery’s website.