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102:, Korea. Kang's practice traverses painting, sculpture, performance, video and installation. Inspired by cultural traditions of Korea as well as contemporary artistic and literary discourses. Kang decodes rules and values that govern these disciplines, turning to artistic languages of the past to construct a contextual lens through which she explores the notion of individuality and freedom in the present moment.
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incorporates sculpture, painting, and video. The colors of the objects in the installation are based on colors from her paintings. The work also included performers who carry and arrange objects, and sit and drag their bodies on the floor.
652:'Smile' joins new public art pieces scattered across Doha such as the reflective sculpture 'Toub Toub Ya Bahar' by Salman Al-Malek, 'Gekrose' by Franz West, 'Hear We Hear' by Suki Seokyeong Kang, and more.
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