DONGNAe

Woomin Kim

a plus/space installation

In an abundance of color, fabric and imagery, Woomin Kim’s textiles generate the energy of excitement of the cityscapes of Seoul and Queens, places the artist calls home. Dried Ginseng, brooms, buckets, fish, rainhats, eels, buttons, slippers, all are quilted and stitched together from scraps of fabric donated by friends or brought back from Korea.

Hanging from a grid and against the walls, this installation renders a feeling of the liveliness of the Korean street markets, where everything is for sale and where a sense of public forum and community is developed. In Woomin Kim’s hands, fabric becomes a way of capturing the warmth and the vibrancy of these spaces, offering a narrative that is more accurate and personal than a mere description. Filled with images of common household items, Kim’s quilted works celebrate the quotidian, transforming the familiar into something precious, the plain into something extraordinary.

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about the artist:

Woomin Kim, b. 1986 in Busan, Korea, has participated in exhibitions, residencies and fellowships at the Bronx Museum, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Art Omi, Queens Museum, and the Wassaic Project. She has received grants and awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Noguchi Museum and Korean Cultural Center. Her works have been featured in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz and BOMB Magazine. Kim received her B.F.A from Seoul National University and M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 6pm, or by appointment. Please email hanne@fivemyles.org, or call 718-783-4438.

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, the Perlemeter Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Joseph Robert Foundation, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation.