Shall We Go To The Happy Land?
Young kim
“My practice is concerned with offering affirmative spiritualties to comfort individuals who experience the hardships of living in this world.”
— Young Kim
“Young Kim’s artwork, Shall We Go To The Happy Land? is an installation with performative components. This work is a particularly poignant creative gesture that seeks to create a space of serenity for its viewers – and imagines viewers as active participants in generating peace for themselves and one another. The installation provides a space of focus and respite, and functions as an open-score / ritual. It is rewarding to see such a contemplative work of contemporary art that richly enmeshes embodied poetics, material excellence, and spiritual vision into a unified and clarifying whole.”
—Paul Catanese, Professsor, Art & Art History
Meet the artist:
Young Kim
Young Kim is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist from South Korea who works with painting, installation, hand papermaking, and performance, among others. Her art practice is concerned with offering affirmative spiritualties to comfort individuals who experience the hardships of living in this world. Young received a BFA in Textile Art from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea and an MFA in Fine Arts at Columbia College Chicago in 2023. She has participated in considerable solo and group exhibitions throughout Korea, the U.S., and abroad. Young is a recipient of the Albert P. Weisman Award and the Haystack Fellowship in 2023.
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