Korea Artist Prize
First published on 27 August 2016
Ham Kyungah / 2016 Korea Artist Prize
Ham Kyung-Ah (b. 1966) is an artist who tenaciously delves into the crevice of contradiction and irrationality while challenging the rules and taboos of the system hidden within the solid shell of reality. Her work occasionally initiates from spontaneous ideas and later completed with long-term time, labor and cost. Ham blindly follows people in yellow clothes, whom she comes across in various countries in Asia, and she examines the significance of society, culture, and religion embedded within their lives. The artist also explores Asia and Europe to trace the background of the price meltdown of bananas, produced in Southeast Asia.
Director: 김선혁/ Kim Sunhyuk | Translation: 박명숙/ Park Myoungsook | Director of Photography: 이종욱/ Lee Jongwook | Producer: 카스카/ caska