MORE THAN I COULD ASK: Dawn Kim

Eric, Jason, Zijie, Alvin, and Yucheng before lunch in Chinatown, New York City, 2023

MORE THAN I COULD ASK

Dawn Kim

Penumbra Foundation
March 9th, 2024 — April 28th, 2024, 2 — 6pm 
36 East 30th Street

Portraiture holds a unique power to depict the inner tension between who one is and who they project to the world. The in-between of the setting up process and making of the portrait creates a state suspension in which the subject’s outward character begins to loosen. For Kim, good portraiture captures this subtle yet profound shift that occurs during the brief few minutes given in her encounters. She acknowledges that what she can ask for in that space is limited but that the endeavor of working in portraiture transcends where ordinary language fails.

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