Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Inevitable Road Current Immigrant Artists Take

Touting the empty, soulless mantra of multiculturalism

Kim's ethnic (Korea)-based piece

Kim's most recent trajectory into
full-blown multi-culti terrain.
Titled: "I was there"


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It is interesting to follow things all the way to their logical conclusion (or demise, I should say). Chung-Im Kim, the immigrant textile designer about whom I have written about here, has her latest works on display. Her trajectory is typical of many immigrant artists and designers.

She started off by quoting from her Korean "background" a few years ago, rolling out mediocre, simplistic pieces. And now she’s into the whole multi-culti schtick.

It must be really depressing to be an artists at this severe stage of a quite apparent mental block. Kim clumsily stitches and photocopies her new pieces together, giving them esoteric titles to make the look better. No craftsmanship, no artistry, no originality, no art.

She demonstrates the kind of empty souls that current immigrants are becoming.