Art Review
Jin Meyerson’s Orbits of Belonging
Across luminous, fragmented paintings in SAFE SPACE, the Korean diasporic artist invites us into an ongoing search for respite amid the dislocation of hybrid identity.
Sigourney Schultz
Art Review
Cindy Ji Hye Kim Retunes Us to the Land’s Rhythms
In paintings and sculptures portraying laboring bodies, the artist demonstrates that our collective unconsciousness has always been tied to natural cycles.
Art
Su Yu-Xin’s Metonyms for the Earth
Her research-based paintings close the gap between subject matter and material by depicting natural phenomena via the elements that comprise them.
Art
LA Artists Reclaim the Spotlight at Two Alternative Fairs
Among an array of work by local artists at Post-Fair and the Other Art Fair, the only white cubes to be found were floating in craft cocktails.
Art
The K-Pop Granny Pirate of the Pacific Rim
Yaloo’s multimedia work addresses the intersection of human and non-human consciousness, and the gap between technological advancement and spiritual practices.
Book Review
What Does Depeche Mode Have to Do With Vietnamese Americans in California?
For the so-called “1.5 Generation,” music allowed an escape from the binary between home and school, Vietnamese traditions and American culture.
Book Review
How Did the Korean Feminist Movement Influence Art?
A new book spans artists from the 1970s through today around 15 themes, including body art, queer politics, ecofeminism, and the North American diaspora.
Art
The Political Was Personal for Yong Soon Min
An exhibition showcases the late artist’s lifelong commitment to considering the relationship between the unremitting Korean War and her own diasporic identity.
Art
A Group Show Bridges Asia and the West Coast
Pacific Abstractions at Perrotin draws attention to Asian abstract artists and traces their legacy through contemporary diasporic artists on the West Coast.
Art
Maia Ruth Lee’s Art of Movement and Memory
Mirroring the work of her linguist parents, Lee crafts a visual language to communicate her diasporic experience with tension and tenderness.
Art
The Critique-Profiteering Work of MSCHF
Combining the provocative spirit of internet trolling, clickbait scamming, and MTV’s Punk’d, the collective satirizes consumerism while making bank.
News
Yong Soon Min, Intrepid Korean-American Artist, Dies at 70
As a self-proclaimed “Cold War baby,” Min navigated the shifting political climate of post-war Korea and plumbed the Asian-American diasporic experience.