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Vantage Point VII Jiha Moon

Turbulent Utopia

February 2, 2008 - July 6, 2008

The Mint Museum of Art

Jiha Moon’s expressive and seductive paintings examine the symbiotic relationships of opposites. Born in Korea, and now residing in Atlanta, her dynamic compositions utilize a rich repository of symbols from both Eastern and Western traditions. Moon utilizes the genre of landscape as a point of departure, but her paintings bear no resemblance to pastoral studies. Rather, they offer a rich melding of abstraction and representation, painting and drawing. Fascinated by the blending of disparate parts, Moon has stated, “I am a cartographer of cultures and an icon maker in my lucid worlds. I want to be a visual interpreter of the mixed cultural worlds of my generation.”

This is Moon's first solo museum exhibition.

VPVII-Moon.pdf - Download the exhibition brochure before you come to the museum!

Online Resources

Jiha Moon's website featuring examples of her work, along with news and reviews.

Read Richard Maschal's review (2/17/08) from The Charlotte Observer of this exhibition.

Scott Lucas' online version of his review of 4/2//08 from Creative Loafing called \"What a Feeling\" allows comments from readers. Great review too!

View a Jiha Moon t-shirt on line. Also modeled here (Scroll down)

Thinking About Art: The Work of Jiha Moon offers a copy of her artist statement from 2004.

Photos from Moon's studio in Annendale, VA taken by Christine Buckton Tillman.

A review of her show No Peach Heaven: MuRungDowan. New Works by Jiha Moon at Saltworks Gallery in Atlanta through February 22.

Announcement of Moon's exhibition Line Tripping at Curator's Office in Washington, DC.

symbioland:works by jiha moon at the Curator's office in Washington D.C- includes online images

An article about Moon from Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles.

A Jiha Moon painting from the Saltworks Gallery (Atlanta) site

Print Resources

Chiu, Melissa, Karin Higa and Susette S. Min, eds. One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. N5638 .A83 O54 2006

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