When I was a little boy, I used to like hiding in a quiet and isolated area. It could be under a desk, in the corner of a balcony, or inside a closet. Whenever I inhabited certain private spaces, it gave me a feeling of security. I believe that feeling is derived from a homing instinct which causes animals to go back to their primal territory.
I believe human beings have an inherent longing for a place like a womb in that it once provided us with a comfortable, quiet, and safe place as well as nutrition before we were born. For this series titled "Places to Hide," I intended to project this human desire for an enclosed area by placing naked bodies in those tiny spots, suggesting the idea of human animals hiding inside the womb in urban cities.
— Won Kim
A vast, new annual exhibition of photography from young European talents is showing in Paris through March 20, 2011. It's a diverse show, and worth a look.
During Paris Photo, Gallery from Warsaw, Poland, will present the work of several photographic artists, including Szymon Roginski, Ján Kekeli, Teresa Gierzynska, the team of Dorota Buczkowska / Przemyslaw Dziennis, and Monika Wiechowska. Here is a brief preview, with texts provided by art specialists in Poland.
"I brought a key (the camera), opened the door to the secret passage (the mirror), woke up my mythical archetypes, and lured them out into the world".
In this unique series, overlays mosaics of closely cropped photos of human bodies with found photos of natural disasters, raising a multitude of questions about nature, chaos and control.
