Label Green_Label Blue

• Photographer
  Min Kim Park, United States

My current work, Label Green_Label Blue, examines the
pernicious culture of demolishing ‘older age.’ We believe the
manufactured myth that aging is a problem to be solved,
treating the entirely natural process of ageing as though it is a
crime. Time races, as we grow older. The slippery memories of
our past---through which we define ourselves—quickly recede
and morph. In a culture that worships youth, the old age is
invisible. The body parts of these older women suggest and
reveal the choices they’ve made throughout their lives,
experiences beyond their control and fragility of time. In
addition, the work allows a scrutiny that simply does not occur
in conventional portraits which focuses on ‘faces’ as hard worn
identity of these women.

Awards Park’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally since 2007. Her work has been included at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, Site Santa Fe, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona State University, University of Houston, University of California, Santa Barbara, Emory University, Kinsey Institute, Private Museum in Singapore, Syo gallery in Korea, Korean Cultural Center in Beijing, China. In 2012, Park’s video work, Zummarella was screened at White Box, New York, Columbus International Film and Video festival.