BIG MOUTH

BIG MOUTH

36 Samcheong-ro 7-gil, Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, November 24, 2021–Sunday, January 23, 2022


big mouth by emma hart

Emma Hart

Big Mouth, 2021

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speech bubbles series by emma hart

Emma Hart

Speech Bubbles Series, 2020–2021

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drama queen by emma hart

Emma Hart

Drama Queen, 2021

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lies; 입방정(loose lips) by emma hart

Emma Hart

Lies; 입방정(Loose Lips), 2020–2021

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feedback by emma hart

Emma Hart

Feedback, 2021

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╸ 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.