“Trace” Installation

September 10th, 2009

James Madison University Assistant Professor Sukjin Choi will be installing her piece “Trace” in the Smith House courtyard this month. Her work premieres the night of the “Museum & Gallery Walk,” October 2 from 5-7 p.m.

Artist Statement
My work is concerned with memory and the tracing of time.

When I see rusted steel rods at a construction site, I think of the passing of time and space. The rusted skin of the steel presents a beautiful pattern to me. It reminds me that there is an intimate past fused inside of it, and I am left with meditative euphoria. 

I bring this sentiment – of how the patterning of skin represents one’s inner self – to my ceramic sculptures. The relationship between the surface and the interior, to me, cannot be separated.

I have found in my voice a delicate, yet crucial blend between traditional Korean surfacing methods and contemporary objects.

As I continue the exploration in my work, I repeatedly ask myself: Who am I? Where have I been? Where am I going? This is my endless journey.

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