Joonhong Min

Work Description:

Title: Quarantine Diary

Size: 21(w)cm x 30(h)cm

Medium: Pen and Acrylic on Paper

Year: 2020

The city is my subject matter and the place where I make art.

Born in the city, having lived in different cities and destined to live in the city, I am a citizen whose subject matter ranges from objects and sceneries in urbanity to personal memories formed in the city. The gaze I cast upon the city gains a form through diverse media. This gaze expands itself once it is relocated back in the city alongside these forms.

Facing what has been in need and now discarded, I unfold my impression of the city with the collage, drawing and installation. Simultaneously, I am interested in ‘memories’ from urban life and constructing a narrative. The narration is enacted on moving images and delivered to audiences as film and performance which are my personal ‘reassurance’ to what has been left out in today’s urbanized society, under the name of efficiency and development. 

Although each work bears a different form, at the core of my works sits an individual both isolating oneself and been isolated by one’s surroundings due to the fierce competition in contemporary society. The act of drawing repeatedly is for the feeling of achievement with which I suspend anxiety temporarily. By collecting what has been left out of its usage, I embrace what has fallen behind the competition; be that objects, sentiments, or individuals.