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Jung Mi

Country of residence United Kingdom

The source of inspiration for my work is essentially the search for perfect state in which love without the limitation of sex, reveals a state of grace. This search includes a wide range of aspects, including mysterious things, freedom, nature, desire for another world and these are related to fantasy and feminism. This is largely because of my childhood. There are flowers, water and mirrors in my painting. Flowers which are reflected in a mirror and water represent a dream world where I can fly freely. I want to be as a bird and fly to another world where I can dream a lofty love. Mirrors are the mirror stage (self-discovery in unconscious) in Lacan’s theory and water means freedom. I dream of paradise through nature, especially through flowers, however, it is very difficult to reach that stage in the real world. After the bird realized that there is no eternal ‘`the Imaginary’ (`the Imaginary, the Symbolic, `the Realistic in Lacan’s theory)in this real world, it then desires for the subject that is not castrated in the bird’s dream world. Therefore, my painting is the screen which is in between the subject and desire.

Exhibitions '00 Nature Part 1, 10.Apr - 15.May.08, Contemporary Art Projects

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