The Artist’s Duobaoge is a large format photo that depicts an actual cabinet fabricated by the artist. This cabinet reproduction is based on a historical screen painting by renowned Korean court painter Yi Ŭngnok (ca. 1860). Yi’s painting is the quintessential representation of the genre of Munbangdo (Scholar Study Painting), a unique still-life painting style that emerged in late eighteenth-century Joseon Korea. Munbangdo screens portray Duobaoge (Treasure Box), a traditional Chinese assymetrical style of cabinets that Korean coveted during this time.
The Artist’s Duobaoge (2022)
The Artist’s Duobaoge, 2022, photo print, 161 x 268 x 6 cm, installation view, Sammel-Sucht/Collecting Crave, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Humboldt Forum. Berlin, 2023, curated by Uta Rahman-Steinert, photo: Pierre Adenis
The Artist’s Duobaoge, 2022, photo print, 161 x 268 x 6 cm, installation view, Books and Things, Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Rutgers University, 2022, curated by Alexandra Chang, photo: Perri Hofmann
The Artist’s Duobaoge, 2022, photo print framed and mounted on aluminum, 161 x 268 x 6 cm, The Guardians (Scarlet Johannson, Tom Cruise), 2022, graphite and colored pencil on paper (2), 48 x 36 cm (framed 70 x 60 cm), installation view, Books and Things, Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Rutgers University, 2022, curated by Alexandra Chang, photo: Perri Hofmann
Exhibitions
Sammel-Sucht/Collecting Crave, 2022, augmented reality game, Museum für Asiatische Kunst/Ethnologisches Museum, Humboldt Forum, Berlin, 2022-2023, curated by Uta Rahman-Steinert
Books and Things, Paul Robeson Galleries, Express Newark, Rutgers University, 2022, curated by Alexandra Chang