Jaye Rhee: Fragile Terrain
Through Apr 05, 2025
weekly on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
From: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
The intersection of digital technology and environmental consciousness materializes in a striking installation that transforms recycled paper into an immersive coastal landscape. Fragile Terrain, a newly commissioned multimedia exhibition by international artist Jaye Rhee, opens at Locust Projects with a Meet the Artist Reception on Thursday, February 13, from 7-9 p.m., and runs through April 5.
The 2,800-square-foot Main Gallery becomes home to a meticulously crafted sculptural environment featuring 700 pixelated paper cubes and 200 rounded paper objects. This handcrafted installation, constructed entirely from custom-printed recycled materials, creates an abstracted vision of Miami’s iconic oceanfront landscape while challenging viewers to consider the relationship between digital representation and natural reality.
Drawing parallels to 19th-century romantic landscape painting, Rhee’s work explores humanity’s complex relationship with both nature and technology. The installation raises questions about how digital simulacra influence our sense of identity and connection to the environment, while acknowledging the environmental impact of the very technology it references.
Jaye Rhee is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines the complex relationships between real and constructed environments, with a particular focus on how visual culture mediates identity, memory and perception. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Rhee now lives and works in New York. She received both her BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Her diverse practice, encompassing video, photography and performance, has been showcased at prominent institutions worldwide, including Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art, Queens Museum, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Seoul Museum of Modern Art and La Triennale di Milano. Rhee’s contributions to contemporary art have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Doosan Yonkang Art Award, Franklin Furnace Fund and the Seoul Museum of Art Young Artist Grant.
LOCUST PROJECTS
297 NE 67th St, Miami, FL 33138
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