Lee Inkyung, an artist who makes pictures with dressmaking pins, is showing 심는 풍경-Re:Bloom at Dongtan Art Square in Hwaseong’s Dongtan Multipurpose Cultural Center through October 24. The works fill chair and plant shapes with pins against pink, yellow and green grounds. Admission is free.
Surfaces made of pins
The Hwaseong City Cultural and Tourism Foundation says Lee has long used pins as an artistic material. From a distance the works read as familiar shapes such as flowers and chairs; up close, their surfaces resolve into small pins.
Visitors must keep the required distance and not touch the works.
Healing 3 Seater Chair
The foundation describes Healing 3 Seater Chair as a chair whose surface is filled with flowers and weeds rendered in pins, pairing an object made for rest with a sharp material.
The foundation links the work to recovery and relationships after hurt.
Exhibition details
The lead photograph, supplied by the foundation, shows the artist talk held after the October 2 opening ceremony.
According to the foundation, the exhibition runs free of charge through October 24. Visiting hours and programs such as docent tours are listed in its latest notices.
