My solo exhibition was featured on the culture page in the Korea Daily today.
Translation:
New York Painter Kira Greene’s Solo Exhibition
Painter Nam Kira (American name Kira Greene) is having a solo exhibition “Feastiality”(photo of the work on the right) at A.I.R. Gallery (111 Front Street) in Dumbo, Brooklyn since 28th of last month.
Ms. Nam (Greene) depicts the role of women in different cultures by combining sensuous images of food and patterns used in textile, fashion and interior. Ms. Nam (Greene) graduated from Seoul National University (majoring in International Relations), and immigrated to the United States in 1989. She received MFA from School of Visual Arts. The exhibition continues until 23rd. Link: www.kiragreene.com.
Kira Nam Greene’s work explores female sexuality, desire and control through figure and food still-life paintings, surrounded by complex patterns. Imbuing the feminist legacies of Pattern and Decoration Movement with transnational, multicultural motifs, Greene creates colorful paintings that are unique combinations of realism and abstraction, employing diverse media such as oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor and colored pencil. Combining Pop Art tropes and transnationalism, she also examines the politics of food through the depiction of brand name food products, or junk food. Recently, Greene started a figurative painting series spurred by the 2016 Presidential Election, Women’s March, #metoo movement and ensuing crisis of conscience, this new body of work aspires to present the power of collective action by women.