Exhibition Information

			Various Small Fires is pleased to present Kyungmi Shin’s solo exhibition in Seoul, featuring all new photographic collage paintings. This will mark the artist’s first solo presentation in Asia and her second with the gallery. 

 

Originally trained as a sculptor, Shin's current practice is inspired by black-and-white vintage photographs from the artist's family album. She layers historic works from Western art history, such as Edouard Manet's Luncheon on the Grass (1862), and juxtaposes them with traditional East Asian imagery like the buggy-eyed tiger and Bonghwang, a mythological phoenix, from traditional Korean folk painting. The multiple layers of both Eastern and Western imagery invite the viewer to step into the manifold scenes. 
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