Description:
abstract

Label Text:
Jiha Moon combines imagery from popular culture and traditional Asian landscapes to create what she calls “mindscapes.” Her Fabulous Fiction series began as a way of telling stories that, according to the artist, generated mythic narratives of their own, influenced by her experience moving to this country from South Korea.

Moon usually begins by working spontaneously, building layers of paint while searching for interesting spaces and shapes. She planned the rich background of Comfort Zone to evoke Renaissance etchings or sepia drawings. Bubbles, animal shapes, and details quoted from the Korean national flag (which the artist uses to create her own symbols) appear in the composition. The viewer is free to interpret the work as he or she wishes.

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Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.

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