By Antonia Giordano

From story:

In MI&Gallery near Gyeongbok Palace, a small collection of sculptural works asks a single, pointed question: What object best represents your relationship to Korea?

The prompt is at the center of the upcoming exhibition, “Art & Seoul,” by Sydney Fallon, an Asian American artist and Korean adoptee who traveled from a small town in Arkansas to Seoul for her first solo show. The exhibition runs from July 24 to 27th and features 12 hand-crafted objects, each based on the responses of adoptees from around the world.

… Fallon’s own object is the rose of Sharon, Korea’s national flower. It also grows in her adoptive parents’ backyard in Arkansas, offering a visual throughline between her life in the United States and her origins in Korea. She grew up in a town of less than 10,000 people and experienced frequent racism. “I heard phrases like ‘ching chong,’” she said.

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Artist links: Sydney Fallon’s website and Instagram.