Suki Seokyeong Kang is the subject of a solo exhibition eponymously titled Suki Seokyeong Kang at Mudam Luxembourg through April 1, 2020. The winner of the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel in 2018, Kang is the fourth artist to enter Mudam’s collection with the support of the Baloise Group since the museum became a partner of the Prize in 2015. Known for her works that encompass paintings, installation, and video, Kang has been working on narrative themes extracted from her personal history. In this exhibition, Kang presents new works centered around the Grandmother Tower and Rove and Round series for the museum’s Sculpture Garden.

Conceived as sculptural portraits of Kang’s grandmother, Grandmother Tower – Tow #18-01 visualizes her late grandmother’s precarious yet beautiful body and presence utilizing materials such as walkers, steel, and thread. Rove and Round – face, mat, belly, #18-01, as can be inferred from the paradoxical title, employs the artist’s own body as a motif that signifies the fact that roving is not about embarking on a journey afar, but rather circling within one’s place. Such works portray how individuals occupy space and time as they come together to interact in society while maintaining their position within. Throughout the duration of the exhibition, performances (or “activations” to use the artist’s terminology) of movements alongside the artworks are scheduled for September 28-29, October 12-13, and October 19-20.