Jen Liu’s work will be on view in a group exhibition “Bad Boundaries: Bodies in Tension” at apexart, New York, USA.
“Bad Boundaries: Bodies in Tension situates Seoul, Korea, as a site for interrogating the origins of Korean diasporic identity and how womanhood is shaped within transnational experiences–spanning Korean-American, Korean-Canadian, Korean-German, and multi-Asian American diasporic perspectives. The exhibition responds to the broader societal reckoning prompted by the 4B movement, a feminist discourse that emerged in Korea and has recently gained momentum among young feminists in North America. As a challenge to deep-seated patriarchal and capitalist structures, 4B critiques how these systems impose and normalize expectations of women through entrenched cycles of labor, caregiving, and surveillance. Rooted in a rejection of marriage (bihon), childbirth (bichulsan), dating (biyeonae), and heterosexual relationships (bisekseu), 4B challenges the societal control of women’s autonomy and bodies. By positioning the body as a politicized medium, Bad Boundaries: Bodies in Tension examines tensions between autonomy and constraint, visibility and erasure, and resistance and conformity through the works of Yon Natalie Mik, Sun Forest, and Lauren Lee.” -apexart
Curator: Sue Jeong Ka
Venue: apexart, New York, USA (291 Church Street New York, New York 10013)