Reeha Lim, an artist raised in Korea and China and now based in the U.S., creates silk paintings that delve into the complexities of diaspora, identity, and belonging. Her artwork represents the fragmented and shifting nature of the self, often exploring themes like disorientation and desire in spatial contexts. Using the traditional Korean painting technique BaeChae, Lim manipulates silk's delicate qualities to convey layers of meaning, blending translucence and density to mirror the nuances of the diasporic experience.
The body appears in my work as fragmented and in flux-gestures caught mid-transition, toes curled, hands hovering. These are bodies that do not settle into place.
Lim's layered depictions exist between clarity and opacity, familiarity and estrangement, reflecting her experiences in forming a sense of self in transit.
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