The Living Torso 2016- 2019
The Living Torso 2016- 2019
The Living Torso Project is a series of photographs that focus on drawing and contain the different types of body shapes and sizes in the same posture.
The figures provide both form and content for the matter of gender. The selected body is described as a torso mannequin in the state of decomposition; no arms, legs and head. This means that it is exploring the human body both inner and outer by implementing a fragmented body. Acquiring the specific posture aims to reconstruct a deficient beauty and express an ambiguous boundary as taking a juxtaposition of male/female.
The Living Torso Project is a series of photographs that focus on drawing and contain the different types of body shapes and sizes in the same posture.
The figures provide both form and content for the matter of gender. The selected body is described as a torso mannequin in the state of decomposition; no arms, legs and head. This means that it is exploring the human body both inner and outer by implementing a fragmented body. Acquiring the specific posture aims to reconstruct a deficient beauty and express an ambiguous boundary as taking a juxtaposition of male/female.
THE EYE OF MY SKIN, 2024-2025
The Eye of My Skin is a photography project that documents the artist's breast cancer journey from both a deeply personal and embodied perspective. It is an archive of the body's journey, distilling memory and emotion throughout treatment. The project invites viewers to consider how the skin—and the body as a whole—acts as both witness and storyteller, holding layers of pain, resilience, and transformation.
Minju Kim explores the complex realities of surgery, treatment, and reconstruction, offering an intimate and visceral perspective on resilience and identity. Through her art, she shares her own narrative of survival, revealing the raw reality of illness while creating space for connection among breast cancer survivors and those with similar experiences.
Acrylic and wood stain on wood cut, chain, and antique store glass chandelier pieces.
An exploration of human desire, life, and death.
Installation exhibited at Cluster Contemporary Fair, Oxo Tower, London, November 2022.
Sculpture project: using the torso as a medium, it explores the desire for eternity while confronting the finiteness of life. Inspired by anatomy charts, ultrasound imagery, and cellular forms, Minju Kim constructs a unique bodily landscape where life and death flow in a continuous loop. Some sculptures were also conceived as wearable art and featured in editorial magazine shoots.