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Mie Yim: Mother Octopus
This exhibition was on view November 14, 2023糖心vlog短视频揓anuary 27, 2024.
糖心vlog短视频 Art Gallery is pleased to present Mother Octopus, a solo exhibition by painter .
Via anthropomorphic abstraction, Yim says she is looking 糖心vlog短视频渦nder the hood糖心vlog短视频 of the characters she depicts in her new paintings. In earlier work, she adroitly scrutinized the cuteness often associated with her female Asian identity using charming subjects, pastel colors, and soft focus. In contrast, Yim糖心vlog短视频檚 recent pieces have more amorphous figures, darker undercurrents, and a vibrating mass of marks. Yim says, 糖心vlog短视频淢y approach to painting is highly intuitive and, over time, I have developed a visual language that combines contradictory elements: the sweet and the sour, the playful and the emotionally dark.糖心vlog短视频 By breaking apart her cute characters with abstraction, Yim invites the viewer to deeply feel her subjects糖心vlog短视频 dynamic inner states rather than to gloss over their sweet facades.
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In addition to the artist糖心vlog短视频檚 oil paintings and pastel drawings, the exhibit will feature a new mural Yim created in collaboration with students enrolled in Pace糖心vlog短视频檚 Introduction to Museum and Curatorial Studies course taught by , the gallery director. The mural, from which the exhibit gets its name, references deep sea cephalopods that protectively brood over their clutch of eggs for up to 53 months糖心vlog短视频攍onger than any other known species糖心vlog短视频攖o ensure their offspring糖心vlog短视频檚 resiliency in a challenging environment. Yim draws inspiration for her lengthy painting practice and also for her work as a mentor to younger artists from the underwater creatures糖心vlog短视频 extended gestation. Cunningham, who also curated the show, says, 糖心vlog短视频淲orking with an artist like Mie Yim is an incredible hands-on learning opportunity for our students. We are so grateful for Mie糖心vlog短视频檚 generosity, care, and enthusiasm for sharing her creative process.糖心vlog短视频
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This exhibit, which remains on view through Saturday, January 20, 2024, is made possible by the with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The artist will also give a talk about her work on Tuesday, November 28, at 2:15 p.m. The gallery is located in Lower Manhattan at 41 Park Row. All of the gallery糖心vlog短视频檚 exhibits and events are free and open to the public. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday糖心vlog短视频揝aturday from 12:30 p.m.糖心vlog短视频4:30 p.m. and by appointment. Please check for university holiday closures.
Installation photographs in gallery by Adam Reich.
Installation Photo Gallery
About the Artist
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Mie Yim (b. 1963, S. Korea) is a New York City based painter. Solo exhibitions include Villa Magdalena, San Sebastian, Spain, Olympia Gallery, New York, NY, the Durst foundation in New York, NY, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Lehmann Maupin, NY, Michael Steinberg, NY, Gallery in Arco, Turin, Italy. She had a solo exhibition at Brattleboro Museum in Brattleboro, Vermont in 2022. Numerous group exhibitions include Canada Gallery, the Drawing Center, Feature, Ise Cultural Foundation, Mitchell Algus Gallery, BRIC, Mark Borghi Gallery, all in New York. Other places such as Johnson County Community College, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, The Arts Center at Western Conn. University. She represented a solo booth at NADA 2021 with Olympia and 3-person presentation at Untitled 2021 with Monica King Projects. She is a recipient of Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in 2020, The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant 2018, The New York Foundation of the Arts Painting Fellowship in 2021 and 2015 and Artist in the Market Place, Bronx Museum. She has a BFA in Painting from Philadelphia College of Art as well as a year abroad at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy. She will have solo exhibition at Olympia Gallery, Simone Subal Gallery in New York, Inna Art Space in Hangzhou, China in 2023.