MISA SHIN GALLERY is pleased to present “SUMMER SHOW,” a group exhibition introducing works by our representing artists as well as works from the collection of the gallery. The exhibition will be held from Friday, June 24 to Saturday, August 13, 2011.
The participating artists are Kimsooja, TORIMITSU Momoyo, Pamela ROSENKRANZ, BACK Seung Woo, Suhasini KEJIRIWAL and Ken LUM. The exhibition will bring together those artists of different backgrounds and locations. The exhibition presents the works, which has a role of reflecting their social environment and also a role of output of their characters inside.
Kimsooja is known for her expression using various media including photography, installation, performances, and videos. The set of work, “The Sun – Unfolded” was taken, as it were by coincidence, while her video work “The Mirror Woman: The Sun & The Moon” was prepared at the Goa beach, India. The work consists of 6 photographs, (however 5 pieces will be on display because of the limited space). As if the sunlight itself reveals its secret and in one wave-like respiratory movement, unfolds the energy that lightens our vision day by day. The set of works, which is mysterious with various colors surrounding the Sun, reminds the viewer mandala.
TORIMITSU Momoyo, lives and works in New York. Her works are mainly videos, installation and performances. “Somehow I don’t feel comfortable” is a large rabbit shaped balloon of 4.8 meters high. Torimitsu who had grown up in a suburb Tokyo during the rapid economic growth in Japan tells that a pink bunny was a typical figure, which represent “cuteness” and “happiness” in the Japanese society at the time. The bunny presents its cuteness even in its oversized body and trapped between the ceiling and the floor brings uncertainty about the future and irony to the viewer.
Pamela ROSENKRANZ comprehends our society as philosophy and theology. A couch, at first sight, seems as a normal couch, which can be found anywhere. However soon enough the viewer will finds that its shape is impossible to be sit on and the fabric is painted thick. The work includes irrationality and logical contradiction while seeking for an ego, intelligence and beauty.
Suhasini KEJIRIWAL creates works, which one might describe fictional plants or creatures with vivid colors. The work, which will be exhibited attract the viewer’s eyes to the details for the first sight. Then what expressed in the work gradually appears. As the viewer approaches to the work, thinking it as a sculpture of a bunch of bananas, the viewer finds that it is not a bunch of bananas, but a bunch of human fingers. Together with the deep red flower petals on the top, the work present people’s greed and eroticism.
Ken LUM juxtaposes in his works to mirrors, simple texts, and advertisements, all of which appears in everyday life. In this way, the comprehension of the work is largely depends on the viewer. “CAM” seems like a clothing label, but actually was a shop sign. Lum altered, so that it appears to be halved and reversed, as if there were a mirror in the center. As a result, the original meaning of the sign has been lost. It resembles the inkblot used in the Rorshach psychology test, which is to assess whether a person may be suffering from a personality disorder. Lum was grown up in a multiethnic city of Vancouver and his perspective is largely reflecting his interest in the society and its identity within.
