Eva Lee, Hope

The role of art in times of war raises fundamental questions about our existence as members of the human race. The exhibition Recollecting Afterimages: Portrait of Survivors is an attempt to create a space where the eyes of artists, witnessing the tragedy of violence as a shared story of the mankind, and the eyes of the audience from diverse societies begin to communicate, empathize with each other’s stories, and start to restore the relationship as members of one community. 

The exhibition consists of two different layers. 1. A virtual exhibition showcasing artworks of invited artists, 2. A Call for art at the New Art Center, Newton MA. Through these two layers of media platforms, we can expand and diversify the communication of the shared story of violence, which starts from the gaze toward the outer world as well as the inner world of the victims after the violence. 

This exhibition is a part of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Curatorial Program. As a community arts education space, the New Art Center believes that art creates change. With a 44+ year history of building community through art, we recognize it is crucial to use our platform to fight systemic racism and social injustices.

The BIPOC Curatorial Program enables curators who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color to develop and share exhibitions that spark dialogue, share personal vision, and personal experiences through curation. We hope this opportunity will create much needed dialogue to counter systemic racism.

Roberta Moore, Observe

About the Curator: Sun Jung

Sun Jung is an independent curator currently working with KSCB (Boston), Kunstverein64 (Berlin), and Jungfrausis (Busan). She received MA in Art History at the University of Cologne, Germany, and has gathered work experiences in various cultural and geographic locations, along with a variety of settings in which art is housed. Sun seeks the Vera Icon – the true image of the modern time and believes that art can be a mirror reflecting hope in the broken world.