Hashimoto Modern is happy to current Pricey Moments, a solo exhibition by Korean-American artist Danym Kwon. For her newest solo exhibition, Kwon provides a young and introspective physique of labor formed by the emotional landscapes of residence, motherhood and migration. After over a decade in California, the artist returned to her native Seoul in 2022, solely to appreciate how deeply the Bay Space had formed her sense of place and belonging. By portray and a brand new sequence of sculpture, Kwon explores the quiet, fleeting moments that fill on a regular basis life.
The point of interest of the exhibition is a large-scale triptych depicting a towering stack of folded laundry, every intricately illustrated with scenes of home life. From quiet walks to playful moments, these tender routines layer like recollections accrued through the years, evoking life’s sense of impermanence. Two extra diptych work mimic the construction of Minhwa folding screens, mixing parts of Korean custom with Kwon’s personal private narrative. Complimenting the work are a brand new sequence of small, picket sculptures. These scenes that seem to have been plucked straight from the artist’s canvases, remodeling into tangible snapshots of moments and reminiscence.
Pricey Moments invitations viewers to linger, replicate and rediscover grace within the on a regular basis. “I could by no means have had a spot to remain endlessly, Danym Kwon says. “However wherever we had been collectively grew to become a house. These works are my manner of holding onto that—of cherishing the moments that move too shortly.”
