Television Coverage
Kuma TV – Korean News Segment (2022)
This Korean-language television segment introduces Kim Hyung Joo through installation views, interview excerpts, and works centered on motherhood, endurance, and the ethical force of care.
The selected stills below accompany the segment’s reflections on the maternal body, the symbolic form of Jeogori, and the artist’s long engagement with exhibitions presenting the spirit and beauty of Korea.
What the Segment Says
Kim Hyung Joo speaks of motherhood as a state of radical embrace: the mother willingly holds pain in order to lessen the suffering of her child. In the segment, she describes this as an embodied gratitude for life itself and as a form of care that extends across the entire body.
Her representative work Jeogori is presented as an image of the mother’s open arms. Though it appears to unfold like a flying form, the artist explains it as an embracing body that spreads outward to hold the earth and the lives carried within it.
The interview also reflects on the burdens and wounds women endure as mothers, artists, and social beings. Kim frames her work as a passage through love, healing, and endurance, seeking to transform the weight of lived experience into a purified visual language.
Exhibitions Mentioned
- Spirit of Korea exhibitions connected to Chicago in 2006, including an invitation at the Chicago Cultural Center.
- International activity through the Osaka Cultural Center, New York Cultural Center, and venues in Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, and Miami.
- Art fairs and public presentations that position Kim as a representative voice for Korean beauty and material tradition.
The segment frames Kim Hyung Joo’s practice as both intimate and public: a language of maternal care translated into installation, painting, and cultural representation.
Broadcast Note