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Hein Koh: WINDOW, 91 Walker Street New York, NY (corner of Walker and Lafayette Street)

Past exhibition
March 9 - May 1, 2021
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Hein Koh It's OK, 2021 Oil and oil stick on canvas 54 x 70 inches (137.2 x 177.8 cm)
Hein Koh
It's OK, 2021
Oil and oil stick on canvas
54 x 70 inches
(137.2 x 177.8 cm)

Anton Kern Gallery is pleased to present Hein Koh at WINDOW.

 

This is the artist’s first solo exhibition of paintings. A longtime sculptor, her return to painting came about during the pandemic: a need to simplify her practice, and a desire to have the freedom to make loose, expressive, and emotional work. At WINDOW are four paintings depicting broccoli and carrot characters: figures that represent the high standards of perfection and goodness that women are held to. These vegetables, though seemingly healthy, also want to rebel--they smoke, wear sexy outfits, and push against the boundaries of societal expectations to simply, defiantly, be themselves.

 

On the Walker Street side are three paintings depicting pairs. The artist is mother to a pair of twin girls, but the pairings here also represent couples, soulmates; as well as dualities and even the two sides of one’s self--vegetables that are good for you but also chain smoke. On the Lafayette side is a painting depicting a lone broccoli figure, another arena Koh has lately been exploring and channeling: angst, existential loneliness, and solitude.

 

WINDOW is on view 24/7 at 91 Walker Street, just walk by and see.

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Installation Views
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Works
  • Hein Koh It's OK, 2021
    Hein Koh
    It's OK, 2021
  • Hein Koh Sexy, Smokin', Bound Carrots, 2020-2021
    Hein Koh
    Sexy, Smokin', Bound Carrots, 2020-2021
  • Hein Koh Sexy, Smokin', Walkin' Broccoli, 2021
    Hein Koh
    Sexy, Smokin', Walkin' Broccoli, 2021
  • Hein Koh Uterine Carrots, 2020-2021
    Hein Koh
    Uterine Carrots, 2020-2021
Press
  • Interview with Hein Koh

    Caroline Blockus, She Performs, March 13, 2021
  • Hein Koh is at WINDOW with Anton Kern Gallery

    Juxtapoz Magazine, March 11, 2021

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