Mat 120 × 165 #21-26 is part of Suki Seokyeong Kang’s body of work based around grids, geometry, and constraints. Her visual language is derived from jeongganbo, a system of musical notation developed during the Joseon Dynasty that used grids and squares to connote pitch, length, and movement. Kang takes the idea of the jeong, or one cell in a grid of this nature, and uses it as a metaphor for the space that an individual takes up in society. This notion of the individual is further reinforced by her use of the hwamunseok, a reed mat used in a traditional Korean court dance where a solo dancer performed within the space of the mat. Kang’s mats are created in collaboration with three craftswomen from Ganghwa Island who still weave using traditional methods, rooting both her process and her visual language in a distinctly Korean artistic genealogy, seperate from that of Western minimalism. Through her use of the mat and the grid, Kang suggests that individuals, each comprising a note and a space, may also come together to form a greater collective, like a complex piece of music.