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Min-hye Kim

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Translucent slogans and signs

June 29, 2024 –
July 7, 2024

In this exhibition, the artist reinterprets the assertive language often found in protest slogans by stripping them of their original context and reconstructing them through aesthetic and spatial compositions. Bold, primary-colored slogans—typically intended to demand attention—are softened and fragmented on translucent silk, preventing them from fully penetrating and instead allowing them to reverberate ambiguously. Slogans collected from the Sewoon District and familiar everyday symbols are reorganized into sculptural, visual arrangements that defy conventional reading and grammar. Through this process, meaning becomes fluid, unsettled, and open to reinterpretation.

 

Building on previous works involving site-specific performances and video, where domestic gestures such as sewing or grinding met institutional or public spaces, this exhibition shifts focus to the intersection of place and text. The fragmented words are no longer just read—they are inhabited. Installed as semi-transparent, dimensional structures in real urban settings, these textual sculptures lose, exaggerate, or transform their meanings. When placed in overlooked or contested spaces, such as those in the Sewoon District, these delicate installations prompt reflection on the relationship between language, memory, public space, and collective experience.