STATEMENT
Through
making sculptures, I reveal what things are made of. Cutting up, breaking
apart, or melting, are some of the ways I lose my familiarity with an object
and see its material qualities. Exposing a hidden rawness, I am able to
consider the gap between how I know these objects and what they really are.
“Minerals in
Use” is a series of fictional minerals I made from daily objects such as toilet
paper, box tape, plastic nails, kitty litter, used soaps, and so on. I soaked,
melted, or broke them into pieces, then clustered, reassembled, or wove them
together creating sculptures that resemble mineral samples in the natural
history museums.
The work
“Uninvited” is comprised of domestic objects that mimic or romanticize nature,
such as: plastic plants, pet fur, mother of pearl kitchen tiles, resin antler,
synthetic fur, stone effect spray, et cetera. This assemblage borrows the
structure of furniture and interior design to emphasize how nature, as
products, awkwardly exists in the human habitat.
How natural
Quartz (hard clear crystals) magically becomes a silicone rubber product is
invisible to many urban individuals. As the processes of manufacturing products
get increasingly complicated, individuals rarely engage the materials that
surround them in manner different from how products are presented. I hope my
sculptures can turn things that are considered passive and inert into new
unknowns with unexpected eccentric faces.
BIOGRAPHY
Woomin Kim is a South
Korean artist currently based in Queens, NY.
Kim had solo shows at
Boston Sculptors Gallery (Boston, MA) and Maud Morgan Arts
Center (Cambridge,
MA) to name a few. She has participated in several residency
programs including
the Queens Museum Studio Program, Ox-bow School of Art and Studio MASS MoCA.
Kim has received fellowships and awards from the Joan
Mitchell Foundation and the
Korean Cultural
Center. Her works have been featured in The New York Times and
Hyperallergic among others.
Kim holds a B.F.A
from Seoul National University
and received an M.F.A. from the School of the
Art Institute of
Chicago.
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"Minerals in Use", mixed media,
dimensions variable, 2018 approx 10’x20’ free standing installation
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| Detail, "Minerals in Use", mixed media,
dimensions variable, 2018 approx 10’x20’ free standing installation |
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"Earth and Planetary," cotton thread embroidery and mixed media on linen, each frame measures 8.5x11.5 inch, 2018 approx 5'x10' wall installation |
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