- Montag, 06. Juli 2020
Korean museums are open again, from mid May and so my exhibition 'Symbols and Signatures‘ is welcoming visitors at Yeoju Museum. Text by Linda Toivio, director of Hosek Contemporary, Berlin:
A flag and its symbolism reflect an abstract system, where the narrative of a shared culture is created through colours and shapes. Charged with meaning, they act as anchors for the disoriented, holding value through fictional stories of our collective identities.
Reflecting a dissatisfaction with the national and traditional symbolism of flags, Mundinger is taking a stance by cutting them into shreds before sewing the pieces back together. Consequently, the flags lose their purpose and cease to have a meaning, becoming mere mosaics or abstract fabric paintings.
These ideas of mental frontiers are combined with painting on paper and traces of graffiti writing collected from walls in a public space in Berlin. Those who left their mark thought they were writing on a wall, illegally, leaving behind them clandestine attempts for recognition of their individual identity. Little did they know that the wall was in effect a paper, meant to be exhibited as part of 'Symbols and Signatures' at the Yeoju Museum in South Korea.
Curated by Goo Bon Man and Park Bo Kyung
The installation is a further development of my exhibition Sichtfeld at Hosek Contemporary in Berlin, 2019.
The catalogue is available through the museum or me:
32 inner pages, Korean/English, with introduction and text by the mayor of Yeoju, the Chairman of the Yeoju City Council, by curator Park Bo Kyung and by Linda Toivio, photos by Anais Edely
Open until July 26th 2020.
Yeoju Museum
South Korea
Thank you, Goo Bon Man, Chon Young-Ae, Park Bo Kyung, Kim Tae-Yang and everyone. Photos by Anais Edely.
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