Gallery Talk: Haunted Koreas with artist Mina Cheon and Critical Theorist Avital Ronell

Artist Mina Cheon and Critical Theorist Avital Ronell discussed the exhibition "Haunted Koreas" in a gallery talk at "www.american.e...".
South Korean new media artist Mina Cheon works for Korean unification with her North Korean alter ego counterpart, Kim Il Soon, through “asynchronous communication.” Crossing borders by sending and receiving art between North and South Korea, the artist brings the remnants of her global activism by sharing the recent works from the Inaugural Asia Society Triennial and The Korea Society in New York, respectively, between 2020 and 2021, as a comprehensive solo show for the Alper Initiative for Washington Art at the American University Museum in Washington, DC. The guiding exhibition text, “The History of a Paradoxical Incorporation,” by critical theorist Avital Ronell contextualizes the haunted Koreas and the artists' protest for peace.
The exhibition is on view through to December 11, Friday-Sunday only. Plan your visit and review our health and safety protocols: Proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test required.