╸ First solo exhibition in Korea of British sculptor Emma Hart (b. 1974), winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women — presenting new large scale ceramic pieces that combine artistic finesse and sharp observation of our current society.
╸ Works based on the experience and observations of an artist coming from a working class background who in her words “operates in the middle class artworld.”
╸ Works explore how language and the way we speak reveal us and become a standard for judging and categorizing ourselves and others.
╸ The ‘Speech Bubble’ works, express the anxiety, self-doubt, and embarrassment due to the social, hierarchical, and regional backgrounds exposed by language and its use; new unique works include integrate Korean words and their shapes.
╸‘Imposter Syndrome’, a psychological state of anxiety in which a person feels that he or she is a fraud or fake, is connected to the artist’s practice that reflects the feeling of ‘not belonging’ due to the way one speaks
╸Behind the humorous and bright colored work, the exhibition reveals the way verbal and non-verbal communication signs and systems ‘use’ human beings to perpetuate their power.