In Kyoung Chun
In Kyoung Chun, Two Figures on Park Ave, 2019, oil on canvas, 60 x 40 inches
In Kyoung Chun
Two person show
{Enthusiastic Intimacy}
Project: ARTspace, New York, NY
March 3–April 20, 2020
Featuring works by
Kangnam Cho and In Kyoung Chun
Curated by Kevin Sudeith (also a Hambidge Fellow)
Project:ARTspace is pleased to present the two person show, {Enthusiastic Intimacy}, featuring Atlanta artist In Kyoung Chun and South Korea artist Kangnam Cho. This show is Kangnam Cho’s second at Project:ARTspace and In Kyoung Chun’s New York debut. The show’s theme is an empowered perspective on femininity in the context of conflict, and an optimistic view of home for immigrants in contemporary America.
Kangnam Cho’s work joyfully focuses on women taking action happily within their bodies. Her figures radiate energy, showing women of the 21st century who enjoy freedom and daring. They are subjects of love, unselfconsciously free of the male gaze, their femininity existing beyond eroticism, and this happiness is vividly expressed in Cho’s work. Her figures are protagonists in their own stories while enjoying their life enthusiastically in the context of conflict and war.
In Kyoung Chun hopes to inspire people to take action within this troubling sociopolitical climate. Her work depicts, optimistically, private every day life. Her transparent houses juxtapose the safety and stability of home against the vulnerability being an immigrant in contemporary America. Her figures of representative simple forms coupled with familiar objects, particularly life sustaining food, create a special atmosphere of interior space while unpacking some of the most pressing issues in American society today.
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