The Gifting exhibition highlights the work of multidisciplinary artist Young In Hong through embroidered drawings and stitched texts. By integrating her contemporary textile practice with selected historical artifacts, the installation examines how personal exchanges and social connections shape our perception of value. Visitors are encouraged to consider the layered histories and meanings embedded within every object.
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Gifting is a multidisciplinary project by artist Young In Hong that explores the subjective value of objects and art through personal exchanges. By pairing her embroidered drawings and stitched texts with pieces from the museum's own collection, the exhibition examines the stories and complex social relationships that objects generate.
Gifting explores the subjective value of art and the significance of objects as they circulate through human relationships. Developed by Young In Hong through exchanges with friends, artists, and neighbours, the project documents these transactions using embroidered drawings and stitched texts that record the history of each encounter. By documenting these processes, Hong invites viewers to reflect on personal taste, aesthetic judgement, and the negotiated meanings that define how we perceive the objects in our lives. In a unique collaboration, the Museum of East Asian Art presents selected works from its collection alongside Hong's creations. This dialogue between the artist's contemporary textile practice and the museum's historical holdings encourages visitors to consider the deep meanings objects carry and the networks of relationships they embody. Inspired by Lewis Hyde's The Gift, the project challenges long-standing hierarchies of value and invites a fresh engagement with historical and contemporary craftsmanship.
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