Jaeim Joung

2017 Title Match: Tchah Sup Kim vs. Sojung Jun ≪The Song of My Generation≫ is the 4th edition of SeMA’s annual exhibition program. Since 2014, SeMA has organized a two-person show called the Title Match every year coupling a senior artist with a young emerging artist. This year, we present Tchah Sup Kim, the first generation Korean diaspora artist, along with Sojung Jun, a young generation artist who is interested in investigating our condition of life in the worldwide socio-economic structure of free trade and globalization. Putting the two artist’s works together, this exhibition tries to examine and compare their views on the ‘border identity’ in the context of international migration. Kim believes that we need to read the spirit of the times embedded in artworks based one’s own understanding of his or her time. On the other hand, Jun adopts the methods of ‘différance’ addressing the problems of global market economy simultaneously taking place in the entire world. She shows a playful attitude and cosmopolitanism on the common matters. We would like to explore the influence of nationalism in Kim’s works and the constant and fluid changes of modes of life showcased in Jun’s works.