Evoking before and after surgical advertising in Seoul, The Multiverse Portraits imagine parallel universes, and embody several probable portraits of the artist in co-existing self-contained realities. Inspired by the discussions for and against the competing particle physics theories, Multiverse and Supersymmetry, RHEE employs her absurd quasi-scientific system to evaluate her transnational life story in her art praxis, with work that reacts to such profound natural scientific hypotheses with peculiar humour and analysis.
The Multiverse (2015–16)

The Multiverse Portraits, 2015-16, photography (6) and drawings (2), various dimensions, installation view: Where Are We Now, Neuer Berlin Kunstverein, Berlin, 2016, curated by Frank Wagner and Silke Wittig, Photo: Jens Ziehe

The Multiverse Portraits: The Ethnic Hardening Universe, 2015, graphite on paper, framed (2), 42 x 59.4 cm, photo: Aleks Slota


The Multiverse Portraits: The Gangnam Universe, 2016, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 42 x 59.4 cm

The Multiverse Portraits: The Reality Universe, 2015, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 42 x 59.4 cm

The Multiverse Portraits: The Reality Universe, 2015, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 42 x 59.4 cm

The Multiverse Portraits: The Gangnam Universe, 2016, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 42 x 59.4 cm

The Multiverse Portraits: The Gangnam Universe, 2016, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 180 x 63 cm

The Multiverse Portraits: The Reality Universe, 2015, photo print mounted on aluminum, framed, 172 x 63 cm