5 + 5 = Great

With their sensual sweep, Jae Ko’s large sculpted works are so otherworldly that you may not want to hear what they’re made from — especially when it turns out to be something so humdrum as adding machine paper.

Yet that revelation only adds to the appeal of these spirals and whorls. The paper rolls are soaked and folded, colored with shadowy black ink and translucent stabilizing glue. While at the Maryland Institute College of Art, the sculptor studied with Sam Gilliam — who recommended her for 5 + 5, the new exhibition at the DC Jewish Community Center’s Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery.