Exhibition Junglim Han

Sat. 29 Oct. 2016 - Sat. 12 Nov. 2016 14:00-19:00　(Close:Mon. and Thu.)

Artist Talk : Sat. 29 Sep. 16:00～（500JPY, include the reception )
Opening reception: Sat. 29 Sep. 17:00～（500JPY with one drink )

In my 2014 exhibition “Weaving Dreams”, I portrayed dreams as a drifting illusion. In my 2015 show “Hidden in Slumber”, I visualized dreams by creating a collage of related fragments and images found in our everyday lives.

In this 2016 exhibition “A Room of Her Own”, I took inspiration from a 2015 drawing to create a more detailed image of femininity from the perspective of beauty and brevity.

By sharing her room – one that is intimate, restrictive, and invisible – in an open form, I attempted to transform a sacred chamber into an entirely new universe.

Through the interaction between the desires of “me” and “others”, one can experience a sense of connection, warmth, intensity and longing.

I chose cage crinolines because of the different meanings hidden in their ornamental silhouette, which can be viewed as an exaggerated form of physical beauty. In the mid-19th century, women wearing crinolines could keep men at a certain distance, making themselves unapproachable. In this sense, crinolines embodied a form of protection. On one hand, the bell-shaped skirt is symbolic of female oppression, but on the other, it (perhaps paradoxically) represents liberation. Conflicting values of virtue and promiscuity coexist. The exaggerated, artificial, glamorous garment is a symbol of ultimate femininity. Here, femininity refers to submissiveness, virtue, chastity, delicacy, vulnerability, sensuality, and fertility.

I recreated this inconvenient, yet mesmerizing object, fascinated by its image as a beautiful shackle. In a sense, the willingness to sacrifice comfort for beauty has many parallels with today’s women.

The secretive power and desire concealed in the crinoline reveals itself in the wearer’s dignity.

I hope each viewer comes away with their own interpretation of this enigmatic object.

한정림(JUNGLIM HAN) http://blog.naver.com/snazzynails
2003	M.F.A. Tokyo University of Arts, Design, Tokyo, Japan
1997	B.F.A. Seoul National University, Sculpture, Seoul, Korea

Solo shows
2015	Hidden in slumber, Space Willing n Dealing
2014	Weaving Dreams, Space O' Newwall
2013	Banjul Schale <The resonance of reminiscence>, Space Banjul
2012	Mi,Me, Space B-E
2008	Transcendent Saturation: On Passage, Void Gallery
2008	Transcendent Saturation: Reminiscence Evaporated, Lost Room
2005	On Passage, Small Space One

Selected Group shows
2014	All about materials, Yoonhyun handmade store
2013	Atmosphere, Space B-E
2013	Pangaea2_continental Drift, Japan cultural centre, Melbourne, Australia
2012	Creative basket, Simone handbag museum, bagstage
2012	Swarovski SS launching show, Seoul convention center
2011	Bad Romanticism, Arko art center
2011	Habitat, Space B-E
2010	Memory scape, Arko art center
2010	10 colors 10 designers of Seoul, Dongdaemun history&culture park design gallery
2009	Breathing in&out, gallery Factory

Awards
2003	The Curatorial Prize(Fumio Nanjo), The Fourth Spiral Independent Creators Festival, Tokyo, Japan

Public art
2014	SongDo Green Culture Festival 2014, Stellar tree, Songdo haedoji park
2013	ARKO Public art project: 'A Walk For Differences', Gyeryong city, ChungchungNam Prefecture
2009	Public art project Sabuk-Gohan, Gangwon Prefecture