Photo Still: GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래Ganggangsullae, credit Albert Wong
GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래 Ganggangsullae
Reception, Screening, and Talk | Thur, Sept. 22 | 6:00 – 8:00 pm
On view from September 22 – December 2
Closing Screening | Thurs, December 1 | 6:30 - 7:30 pm
GHOST ROOTS: A New 강강술래 Ganggangsullae, is a new site-specific installation by multi-media artist Soyoung L Kim, inspired by her performance art film of the same name. Designed as a complimentary experience to the film (originally released in spring 2022), the site-specific installation combines visual elements, audio stories, and interactive components for audiences to explore.
Through GHOST ROOTS, Multi-disciplinary Artist Kim explores the possibilities of a future of solidarity, care, and celebration through the stories of two Asian American women. In this interactive exhibit, Kim asks, “Can America’s attempt at reconciliation/Extend beyond black and white?/Can America’s embrace include/The yellow of my skin?”
Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Thursdays 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Fridays 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Saturdays 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays: Closed
About the Artist:
Headshot, Soyoung L Kim, photo credit Mel Taing
Soyoung L Kim’s work blends several practices, including painting, sculpture, writing, stop motion animation, and performance. As 교포 Gyopo, as part of the Korean diaspora, she moves freely across artistic disciplines to create new works that blend those disciplines and to break those boundaries. Her work is influenced by her own childhood of many moves and displacements and the many stories she has gathered over the three continents she has called home. Kim’s work aims to transport us to a place of liberation, where we are free from colonization and the burdens of racism, fear and hate.
Headshot, Yng-Ru Chen, photo credit: Stephanie Diani
Yng-Ru Chen is the Founder and CEO of the Boston-based Praise Shadows Art Gallery, a hybrid space emphasizing exhibitions by emerging and mid-career contemporary artists, a retail space for art books and lower-value works made by artists, and mentorship for young talent. She also oversees Praise Shadows Art Partners, which works closely with artists to develop opportunities in emerging models of creativity and entrepreneurship — exhibitions, commissions, brand partnerships, new technologies, original concepts that no one has ever tried before. She previously worked at MoMA P.S.1, Sotheby's, Asia Society, and Tattly. www.praiseshadows.com