![I love you to death](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648155159628-1WE18U0GTDCVKNPX3EIT/image-asset.jpeg)
2022
multi-material installation
Approx. 10 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft
![Jangseung (Totem,) Travel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577673285746-MMJ2VO0XUBJ5ACX6F2BA/KimH_Totem+travel+16.jpg)
2019
Cardboard boxes, plastic containers, debris, suitcase, cloth, frond
6 ft x 8 ft x 2 ft, approx.
According to Wikipedia, a jangseung is a Korean totem pole made with wood to ward off demons. They were commonly placed at the entrance of a village to symbolize protectors or guardians and regarded as deities or spirits linked to shamanism.
![An Offering](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663274998-QS3773YQRJHNGNPI4ZPS/KimH_An+offering+18.jpg)
2018
Stones, bags, dried casein
12 x 36 x 36 inches, approx
![Impostor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663280188-49CY84YSRPTJFY20JCYR/KimH_Impostor+17.jpg)
2018
Wood, strings, plastic bags, Styro-foam, artist tape, rice paper, cardboard, paint drips
70 x 48 x 12 inches, approx.
![A Still Life (Impostor)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663360727-IDPD19CVSCKPM2HPTO9H/Hee_Jin_Kim_still_life_impostor2.jpg)
2018
Casein on wood
24 x 24 inches
![Studio Floor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663370592-78VPL7A1XCWNDJWWHYUZ/heejinkim_studio_floor.jpg)
2018
Casein on wood
24 x 24 inches
![Jangseung (Totem,) Entry](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663291141-XZQ125GFXRZQN4JWEV3U/KimH_Totem+entry+19.jpg)
2018 - ongoing
Mixed debris, variable dimensions
project description:
I have been making a curtain and a totem utilizing detritus that I have been collecting since 2013. I was imagining an entry of a domestic space where the viewer would face the totemic sculpture before entering through the curtain made from debris.
![Jangseung (Totem,) Entry](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663325944-KUF8FYAQ7AGLZP0U0BNI/KimH_Totem+entry+20.jpg)
2018 - ongoing
Detail
Mixed debris, variable dimensions
![I love you to death](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1648155159628-1WE18U0GTDCVKNPX3EIT/image-asset.jpeg)
![Jangseung (Totem,) Travel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577673285746-MMJ2VO0XUBJ5ACX6F2BA/KimH_Totem+travel+16.jpg)
![An Offering](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663274998-QS3773YQRJHNGNPI4ZPS/KimH_An+offering+18.jpg)
![Impostor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663280188-49CY84YSRPTJFY20JCYR/KimH_Impostor+17.jpg)
![A Still Life (Impostor)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663360727-IDPD19CVSCKPM2HPTO9H/Hee_Jin_Kim_still_life_impostor2.jpg)
![Studio Floor](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663370592-78VPL7A1XCWNDJWWHYUZ/heejinkim_studio_floor.jpg)
![Jangseung (Totem,) Entry](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663291141-XZQ125GFXRZQN4JWEV3U/KimH_Totem+entry+19.jpg)
![Jangseung (Totem,) Entry](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e08fee90f68875f9a02c1ff/1577663325944-KUF8FYAQ7AGLZP0U0BNI/KimH_Totem+entry+20.jpg)
2022
multi-material installation
Approx. 10 ft x 5 ft x 5 ft
2019
Cardboard boxes, plastic containers, debris, suitcase, cloth, frond
6 ft x 8 ft x 2 ft, approx.
According to Wikipedia, a jangseung is a Korean totem pole made with wood to ward off demons. They were commonly placed at the entrance of a village to symbolize protectors or guardians and regarded as deities or spirits linked to shamanism.
2018
Stones, bags, dried casein
12 x 36 x 36 inches, approx
2018
Wood, strings, plastic bags, Styro-foam, artist tape, rice paper, cardboard, paint drips
70 x 48 x 12 inches, approx.
2018
Casein on wood
24 x 24 inches
2018
Casein on wood
24 x 24 inches
2018 - ongoing
Mixed debris, variable dimensions
project description:
I have been making a curtain and a totem utilizing detritus that I have been collecting since 2013. I was imagining an entry of a domestic space where the viewer would face the totemic sculpture before entering through the curtain made from debris.
2018 - ongoing
Detail
Mixed debris, variable dimensions