‘Silence is a very obscure sound’: Christine Sun Kim on her sound art
The artist’s new survey at the Whitney shows how she has found a way to create work involving sound as a deaf artist
Existing somewhere in the overlap between the worlds of conceptual and representational art, Christine Sun Kim has developed a rich expressive language by examining the interesting questions around language, music and her personal expression as a deaf person. Informed by her experiences living in a world where most take the ability to hear for granted, Kim’s art is striking in the complexity and emotional heft that hides beneath its minimalist exterior.
With All Day All Night, the Whitney offers a welcome career survey of Kim’s work. Building on the institution’s longstanding relationship with the artist, the show feels thorough, insightful and composed, as well as looking forward to the next chapters of Kim’s creative output.
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