• Ji Hyun Kwon The Guilty
  • Ji Hyun Kwon The Guilty

Ji Hyun Kwon The Guilty

Guilt is both the starting point and the subject matter of this conceptual photo series – or perhaps better put, performance. Guilt cannot be objectified, and thus here it is consequently expressed in a highly individual, sometimes even comprehensible, manner. In some societies it is hardly possible to show or express certain emotions. We must thus credit the artist for her great empathy and tenacity, for continuing to successfully convince people from a variety of cultures to engage in her intense role-play. During a second meeting at the photo studio, they stand before a mirror and, using a light or a dark grease pen depending on the skin color, inscribe their face with their own guilt – literally. At times it is a single word, sometimes a brief sentence, and on rare occasions, an entire story. She brings the sequence to life and gives it international pertinence through the subject's native language. For ultimately, the resulting image reveals something that otherwise remains hidden behind a mask: fear and feelings of guilt in the depths of one's soul. (Matthias Harder)

Hardcover 12 x 16 cm 168 pages 42 color ills English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-642-7 2015

Artist:

Ji Hyun Kwon

Texts:

Matthias Harder, Sunyoung Kim

Design:

Kehrer Design

Preview

Exhibitions

Iris BookCafe and Gallery, Cincinnati
5.10.2015 – 22.01.2016

Book Signings

Book Talks #2

Kehrer Galerie, Berlin
27.01.2017

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