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Issue: 894 Date: 10/11/2007
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UMSL's Gallery 210 to exhibit work by Cheryl Yun
Artist uses images of current events on sculptural handbag, clothing replicas
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| "Terrorist Tile Bag," by Cheryl Yun |
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WHOCheryl Yun, artist
WHAT"Mirror/Repeat," an exhibit
WHENOct. 18 through Dec. 8Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
WHEREExhibition Room A at Gallery 210Telecommunity CenterUniversity of Missouri-St. LouisOne University Blvd.St. Louis, MO 63121
SPONSORSDepartment of Art and Art History at UMSLThe Center for the Humanities at UMSLMissouri Arts CouncilThe Regional Arts Commission
COSTFree and open to the public
INFO(314) 516-5976http://gallery210.umsl.edu
DETAILS"Mirror/Repeat" is an exhibition of image-based sculptural objects or "products," including handbags and clothing. The objects feature intricate patterns that turn out to be, upon closer look, images of war, death and famine.
Cheryl Yun's handbag series includes sculptures crafted from newspaper and wire in order to create the look of an upper-end, trendy handbag. Her clothing series uses the forms of delicate feminine clothing such as lingerie, camisoles and gowns. All her creations are covered with photojournalism ranging from suicide bombing aftermath and anti-American protests to posed pictures of the president with U.S. troops.
With her work, Yun strives to convey the struggle to achieve a healthy consumer society while preserving ethical and moral integrity. That struggle often leads to disregard for tragedy, leaving a void that is often filled with materialistic objects. She attempts to encourage the viewer to see past the superficial and sense the horrors that exist outside the consumer's initial monetary goals.
Yun says a lot of her work was influenced by post-9/11 political statements that Americans should not let the terrorists win, but rather maintain their everyday lifestyles and to shop to support the economy.
"We are a consumerist society that attempts to meet our emotional and spiritual needs by satisfying perceived material needs," Yun writes. "Post-9/11, we continue to negotiate our now uncertain identities through our purchases."
Yun holds a master's degree in fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York and a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. She has exhibited everywhere from New York to Greece, and her work has been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, Village Voice and various major art publications.
A reception for the artist will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 in Gallery 210. The artist will give a lecture in the gallery auditorium at 6 p.m.
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| "Tac Suicide Vest with Matching Thong I," by Cheryl Yun |
Close up detail of a pattern on "Tac Suicide Vest with Matching Thong I," by Cheryl Yun |
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