My solo exhibition, “The Land, Dark and Muddy,” opens next Tuesday, October 22nd, at the ISCP in New York. Please stop by between 6 and 8 p.m. to see my new installation.
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@iscp_nyc The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) is pleased to present ‘Sujin Lim: The Land, Dark and Muddy,’ a solo exhibition by Sujin Lim (
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Join us for the Opening Reception on Tuesday, October 22, from 6–8pm.
Anchored by two large-scale wall murals, ‘The Land, Dark and Muddy’ extends from the artist’s ongoing research on the rapidly changing environment of the remote fishing island of Yeongheung in Incheon, South Korea, where her father grew up. Over the past 30 years, Yeongheung Island has experienced dramatic environmental changes due to development and shifting tidelines, markers of climate change. A 1994 tide embankment increased water flow, wiping out marine habitats, while a bridge built for a power plant polluted the sea and altered the landscape.
Lim reimagines the lost land through two wall paintings made with mud from Yeongheung, stenciled text of a conversation with her father, and a video of her painting performance. In ‘Landscape Painting’ (2019), Lim positions a large canvas in front of the site she depicts, allowing her to obscure the island’s modern construction and infrastructure and superimpose the original scenery, as recollected by her father and other residents. Playfully alluding to the landscape painting tradition, Lim’s compositions poignantly capture a seaside that now only exists in memory.
Click the 🔗 in our bio to learn more. On view through February 7, 2025.
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Image: Sujin Lim, ‘Landscape Painting,’ 2019, HD single channel video, 31:34 min
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