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Minouk Lim 林珉旭
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Minouk Lim’s allegorical, Frankenstein-like heroine inserts social commentary to the found objects that make up the sculpture. In her eponymous classical Greek tragedy, Antigone was sentenced to death for attempting to bury her brother who had been accused of treason. Returning to South Korea after a decade abroad, the artist developed a newfound interest in her country’s past and present. Her work is a reflection on the division of the Korean Peninsula, the rise of social media, and the impact popular media has on memory. Lim also witnessed the social marginalization and disparity resulting from the country’s rapid democratization and industrialization. In her installations, the artist employs common media devices and a hodgepodge of disused materials to underscore the contrast between the worship bestowed on the technologies that are in vogue and the disposability of technologies from yesteryears.
林珉旭通過塑造這個充滿寓意、科學怪人一般的女英雄，將社會評價賦予了組成 雕塑的拾獲物件。作品命名來自古希臘經典悲劇《安蒂岡妮》，安蒂岡妮為了 安葬流亡叛國的哥哥，違抗禁令，被判死刑。旅居國外十年後再次回到韓國工作 和生活，藝術家對韓國的歷史與現狀抱有極大的興趣與特別的關注，尤其是 朝鮮半島的一分為二、不斷發展的社交網絡與大眾傳媒對事件與人們記憶的 影響，以及韓國迅速民主化和工業化的過程中產生的邊緣化和差異。在她的 雕塑系列中，藝術家運用常見的媒體設備以及被棄置或者停產的材料，被人 宛若神明般地敬畏對待的流行科技與被拋棄的過時科技行成強烈對比。
Antigone, 2015. FRP mannequin, faux fur, steel stand plate, reflector, buoy, infrared lamp, thorn, latex cord, Arduino relay device, H. 220 × W. 228 × D. 125 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Tina Kim Gallery.
Born in 1968 in Daejeon. Lives and works in Seoul and Paju.
1968 年生於大田；現生活並工作於首爾及坡州。
