129 - "Mow the Lawn" Brooch, Jina Seo, Value: $220

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129

Title: "Mow the Lawn" Brooch

Artist: Jina Seo

Media: Brass, copper, found objects

Dimensions: 2.165" x 3.35" x 0.6"

Value: $220

"One day someone told me that my work seems shamanistic. Despite the formal qualities, I think that is because I truly believe in the materials I use and how powerful they are. [We] seek to give meaning and power to our surroundings and objects [within it]. While the simple action of stacking small rocks into a pile is a way to pray in Korea, some mundane materials including nails and mud become something powerful and magical in Kongo, Africa. The extraordinary energy in those customs was generated because people actually believed in them. Like creating a pile of rocks, I love when simple gestures like drilling a hole on metal surface becomes something larger. As much as I love things that are chaotic, I also find some level of beauty in repetitiveness."

Jina Seo (b. South Korea) is Assistant Professor in Metal + Jewelry at Missouri State University. Her practice explores the relationships between body, clothing, sexuality, fetish, and space. She was chosen as one of the SNAG Emerging Artists in 2016 at SOFA Chicago and was a recipient of Fountainhead Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Munich Jewellery Week 2017; Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Sung-Gock Gallery, Seoul, Korea; and (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania. She received her MFA in Metal at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her BFA in Metalwork and Jewelry Design at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea.  jinaseo.com

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Value: $220
Bidding ended: 1:38am, 31 October 20221:38am, Monday 31 October 2022America/New York

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blisswerks 1:38am 31 Oct 2022 $385
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