Kumho Museum

2024 KUMHO YOUNG ARTIST 
​Sumin Song's Solo Exhibition '𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦' 

 
Using images collected in diverse ways, Song Sumin rearranges shapes with conflicting meanings by connecting them through formalistic similarities. The artist has explored the subject of smoke since the beginning of her career. She innovatively contextualizes landscapes by flexibly overlapping the shapes of smoke. One might recognize them simultaneously as symptoms of disaster and war and as natural objects such as flowers. In so doing, she captures on screen the atmosphere of an era where daily life and catastrophe coexist. In this exhibition, Song tells her innermost stories by addressing her recent experiences while parenting her child. By figuratively weaving the flowers, nature, and the child's doodles she encounters daily with icons of disaster, such as flames and smoke, she reveals her perception and feelings about the coexistence of routine life and calamity.

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