It Is What It Is

By Anita Allyn
Friday, February 6th - Sunday, March 1st, 2009

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Susan Dominus of the New York Times once wrote, “The attic is a home’s subconscious, the repository for memories in the form of stuff, some of it buried so deep it may never be recovered.” Much in the same way, Yun’s newest body of work makes the argument that life and one’s existence is recorded in our thoughts, memories, and recollections of past experiences all bundled up in perpetuated by the objects we interact with and the experiences we have on a daily basis, mundane and simple as they as those may be. At times these objects and experiences are the result of the artistic endeavor within the gallery setting, thus adding another complex layer to human existence. Through the lens of photography, film, writing, music, and the Internet, these objects or moments are similarly two, thus often interperting that moment differently. In effect, when real experienced through such a lens, the moment is often read as an index or snapshot of the real, but distant nonetheless. Yun argues the result, however, is often at times one and the same…Regardless, Yun hopes the moment will be revisited and acknowledged, thus echoing back specifically to the gallery experience. And so it goes.

This will be Yun’s fourth solo exhibition at Vox Populi.