Review: Ju Young Kim's Exhibition Uses Deconstructed Aircraft Parts to Explore Memory and Narrative
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Mark Rappolt
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A review of Ju Young Kim's exhibition that explores how deconstructed aircraft parts and airline-related objects serve as vessels for memory and narrative. The show features repurposed wing flaps, stained glass exit signs, and other airline artifacts that collectively tell a story about commercial air travel and the way objects carry meaning beyond their original function.
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Ju Young Kim's exhibition is a collection of seemingly discrete objects that persistently insist that they are part of a larger narrative whole
The two largest objects in the show were clearly once a pair of flaps from an aircraft wing
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