xamining the figurative paintings and mixed-media works of Yun Suknam, one might notice the artist’s particular attention to hands. In the acrylicon-paper (1985), a many-limbed mother holding babies and juggling other gendered chores symbolizes the sacrificial devotion demanded of women by the patriarchy. (2002), a pair of wooden sculptures of Yun and of Joseon (courtesan) and poet Yi Mae-chang holding bells toward one another on elongated arms,
Yun Suknam Women of Resistance, Becoming Historic
May 03, 2021
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