Collection Island — Testimony of the Body: Kim Soun-Gui · Ana Mendieta · Chris Burden

About the Exhibition

This exhibition focuses on how the 'body' responds before language and operates as a medium that, through memory, brings the past back into the present. Its title, 'Testimony of the Body,' emphasizes that the body is not merely a product of experience but functions as a signal summoning the past into the present. It explores bodily sensation and memory through collection works by Kim Soun-Gui, Ana Mendieta, and Chris Burden. Though made in different eras and cultural contexts, the work of these three artists shares a common theme: the expression of identity and experience through the body. The exhibition comprises three works in total, brought back to the gallery after being held in storage for a long time. Through this exhibition, visitors encounter the honest signals conveyed by the body and a sensory path connecting past and present.