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① Artwork:
Lord, Take Me Away!
Evoking queerness through ritual practices in religion and BDSM, the artist weaves spiritual and carnal iconography together in this artwork. The gothic wooden frame and lenticular print coloring mimic the stained-glass windows of a church, while the narrative depicts an anal plug descending towards a submissive figure. Rooted in his personal experience, Kim’s playful jabs at religion and the taboo surrounding BDSM culture become an ode to queer pleasure as a spiritual practice in and of itself.
Dew Kim’s artistic practice is built on exploring various intersections of art, religion, and identity. He mainly works with videos and installations exploring sexuality, queerness, feminism, sadomasochism, pop culture, iconography, mysticism, and the body as forms of knowledge and research.
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③ Artist:
Dew Kim’s artistic practice explores various intersections of art, religion, and identity. He mainly works with videos and installations exploring sexuality, queerness, feminism, sadomasochism, pop culture, iconography, mysticism, and the body as forms of knowledge and research.
Dew Kim was born in 1985 in Seoul, South Korea. He earned his MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London, UK (2016) and his BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from Konkuk University, South Korea (2013).
His work has been displayed at Swivel Gallery in New York, NY; Various Small Fires in Los Angeles, CA; Fragment Gallery in Moscow, Russia; Galerie du Monde in Hong Kong, China; the Barbican Centre in London, UK; Archive Bomm in Seoul, South Korea; Abrir Galería in Lima, Peru; the Kulturforum in Berlin, Germany; and elsewhere.
