Exhibition

MA Curatorial Practice presents “Embraceable,” curated by MA Curatorial Practice student Anajoara Eom. “Embraceable” is a group exhibition about the intricate emotions bound up in parent-child relationships. Setting aside simplified judgments, the artists focus on the complex and vulnerable nature of the highly individual dynamics between parent and child.

Reflecting on how neglectful parenting can affect one’s perception of love and belonging, Shaohan Fang presents the Portrait of a Family series with a short film and stills. Through this series, she expresses her longing for love amidst neglect and loneliness. In Pei Ou’s drawings and paintings, the artist creates a metaphorical tree-trunk figure that accumulates layers of trauma and healing within family relationships, intending to be a means of catharsis for viewers. Sunmin Park explores the evolving roles of her mother and herself in the self-refective project Motherhood, which includes a portrait photograph and a short video, and invokes the complicated feeling of being at once overshadowed and inevitably drawn to emulating her mother. Using photographs from his parents' family album and his own memoir, Raisul Tintin confesses what he had hoped for in his relationship with his parents. Taking on the unique form of a series of partially opened and sealed envelopes, his ongoing project titled Confessions of a Son preserves memories while serving as a form of confession.

“Embraceable” invites viewers into a space of intimacy where difficult feelings, which often go unsaid and are hard to express, are welcome—perhaps finding new ways to understand and articulate these charged emotions.

The Master of Arts degree in Curatorial Practice at the School of Visual Arts is a two-year program that focuses on intensive professional training, with a thorough grounding in the study of art and exhibition.