“Topographies and Other Surface Tensions” & “Icons of Animalia” at Goose Divine Energy
March 31, 2023 from 5pm to 8pm
Extended People
Event Details
Time: April 17, 2014 at 5pm to May 2, 2014 at 8pm
Location: The Loft Parlor
Street: 180 Pleasant Street, Third Floor
City/Town: Easthampton, Ma
Website or Map: http://www.theloftparlor.com
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: The Loft Parlor
Latest Activity: Apr 17, 2014
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Event Description
The Loft Parlor is proud to present the work of Jieun Shin. The exhibition Extended People, will be on view from April 7th to May 2nd, 2014. The artist's reception will be on Saturday, April 12th, from 5-8pm. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 10-5pm.
Jieun Shin is the recipient of a 2014 MCC Drawing Fellowship. Shin has an MFA from UMass Amherst and an MFA in Information Design from Ewha Woman's University, Seoul Korea. Shin has shown her work nationally and internationally.
In Shin's statement she says of her work,
" My recent work combines fragmented details of the IKEA assembly instructions, such as heads of human figures assembling the furniture, and patterns and images from traditional Korean folk arts. The latter includes patchwork wrapping-clothes by anonymous women from the 18th century Joseon Dynasty.
As an artist and immigrant, I represent my psychological distance to my homeland by juxtaposing my culture with my immediate surrounding as exemplified by IKEA assembly instructions. For me, IKEA became a symbol of cultural dislocation in its tendency to level out all cultural differences. Ironically, while I borrow the colors and patterns in my work from historic Korean textiles and embroidery, my work seems to be unidentifiable in terms of cultural specificity.
My work is a surrogate portrait of a migrant, both estranged by and familiar with the hybrid cultural predicament symbolized by IKEA and my own distant “ethnic” culture. My intention is to explore my individual identity as a female Korean artist in relation to the complex (visual) histories of different worlds."
Please contact with any questions.
Www.loftparlor.com
Www.jieunshin.com
Jieun Shin is the recipient of a 2014 MCC Drawing Fellowship. Shin has an MFA from UMass Amherst and an MFA in Information Design from Ewha Woman's University, Seoul Korea. Shin has shown her work nationally and internationally.
In Shin's statement she says of her work,
" My recent work combines fragmented details of the IKEA assembly instructions, such as heads of human figures assembling the furniture, and patterns and images from traditional Korean folk arts. The latter includes patchwork wrapping-clothes by anonymous women from the 18th century Joseon Dynasty.
As an artist and immigrant, I represent my psychological distance to my homeland by juxtaposing my culture with my immediate surrounding as exemplified by IKEA assembly instructions. For me, IKEA became a symbol of cultural dislocation in its tendency to level out all cultural differences. Ironically, while I borrow the colors and patterns in my work from historic Korean textiles and embroidery, my work seems to be unidentifiable in terms of cultural specificity.
My work is a surrogate portrait of a migrant, both estranged by and familiar with the hybrid cultural predicament symbolized by IKEA and my own distant “ethnic” culture. My intention is to explore my individual identity as a female Korean artist in relation to the complex (visual) histories of different worlds."
Please contact with any questions.
Www.loftparlor.com
Www.jieunshin.com
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