Joeun Kim Aatchim

Minimally Invasive (최소침습)

June 20 August 3, 2024

Seoul

Gladstone presents Minimally Invasive (최소침습), its first exhibition with Joeun Kim Aatchim, in Seoul. The exhibition debuts new paintings and drawings on silk; a site-specific audio installation; and sculptures. These artworks represent a continuation of Aatchim’s rigorous attempt to render visible her memories in their multilayered complexity–memories of pain, of care, and of love, grounded in the artist’s personal history. Making reference to the idea of a memory palace–an imagined structure that serves as a mnemonic aid and as a home for one’s memories–the artist uses the resources of her multidisciplinary practice to construct a physical and metaphysical space for remembrance. In this space, Aatchim rejects linear narrative in favor of capturing how memory, reality, and representation exist simultaneously, in emotionally charged interplay.

Installation

Installation view, Joeun Kim Aatchim: Minimally Invasive (최소침습), Gladstone, Seoul, 2024
Photo: Jeon Byung-cheol

Work

Joeun Kim Aatchim

Wrap Dress Love Theory: Pass Not Her Face, Ruin Not Her Lips, and Ribbon Us Gently, 2024
Mineral pigments in shellac, watercolor & pastel pencil, walnut ink,
genuine white gold leaf on silk
Framed: 29 x 23 x 1 inches (73.7 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm)
Shelf: 34 x 42 18 x 3 12 inches (2 x 107 x 8.8 cm)
Prop: 5 12 x 2 34 x 2 34 inches (14 x 7 x 7 cm)
Overall: 29 34 x 42 18 x 3 12 inches (75.5 x 107 x 9 cm)