Glendale Library\, Arts &\; Culture and ReflectSpace Gallery are pleased to present \;(Be)Longing: Asian Diasporic Crossings\, an exhibition that delves into the multi-genera tional afterlives of war and displacement and East-West Asian diasporic pl acemaking through maps\, sculptures\, photography\, archives\, video\, and layered materiality. It features artists from Los Angeles\, Korea\, and C hina.
\nAnchored by the work of Los Angeles-based artists Annette Mi ae Kim and Kyong Boon Oh\, (Be)Longing asks us to consider how di asporic histories and spaces are created and narrated. Can you draw the bo rders of belonging? How do you make a map of a transnational and borderles s community? How much do histories of displacement and war enter the conte mporary narrative of a community? What is the relationship of a diasporic community to its indigenous lands and history? Kim and Oh have family in b oth South Korea and North Korea\, and these fraught familial histories bri ngs a personal and poignant dimension to their work. They query and challe nge our preconceptions about diasporas and borders through maps\, archives \, sculpture\, and tactile materiality.
\nThe exhibition\, curated b y Monica Hye Yeon Jun and Ara &\; Anahid Oshagan\, includes artworks by : Annette Miae Kim\, Kyong Boon Oh\, Sun Siran\, Xia Yan\, Gil Woong Kim\, Donah Lee\, and Jennifer Cheh. All seven artists in the exhibition grappl e with their diasporic histories and present-day and strive to articulate their own sense of being and belonging.
\n(Be)Longing will be on view through September 22\, 2024. For more information\, \;ReflectSpace.org /post/Be-Longing
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