Asian Art Center is honored to announce the first solo exhibition of American artist Katja Farin in Asia, Blind Spot, from September 14 to November 10. With her keen observation, Farin incorporates local elements such as fishing boats, window grilles, animals, insects, and plants into her paintings, creating everyday scenes with her distinctive use of orange, red, green, and blue. Her works often present vivid colors and dramatic scenes, exploring the relationships between the self, space, and the surrounding environment through seemingly expressionless characters, delving into the unconscious, collective unconscious, and personal concrete paintings. For this exhibition, Farin also brings a number of ceramic works for the first time. The ceramics, primarily in gray, brown, green, and white glazes, feature spikes and chains made of clay and metal, as well as mirrors, symbolizing the three-dimensional manifestation of recurring symbols in her paintings. Through the interpretation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works, the artist examines the emotional blind spots hidden in the subconscious, lingering traumas, and unresolved disputes. The two different media works are closely integrated through the reflected images in the mirrors, and the viewer’s reflection is trapped in this dreamlike whirlpool, as if becoming a part of the unsettling space. Open from September 14 to November 10, with specific business hours subject to the day’s opening status.
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