Crossings 2003: The Contemporary Museum

The Contemporary Museum
September 19 – November 16, 2003

Nam Zie

Nam Zie’s metal sculptures with movable parts, which are designed to fit on a human body, recall the surrealist trope of the unconscious as machine and represent a steadfast exploration of the self/body within paradigms that increasingly conceptualize the body out of material existence and into the realm of pure information. Within this context of physical crisis, Nam Zie’s mechanistic yet oddly moving work reaffirms the body and explores sentient human existence amidst notions of the artificial.

Grind Out Refine I, color photograph, 2000

Grind Out Refine III, color photograph, 2000

Grind Out Refine IV, color photograph, 2001

Honolulu Hale (City Hall) | The Contemporary Museum | Honolulu Academy of Arts | University of Hawai'i Art Gallery & Commons Gallery
East-West Center Gallery | Gallery 'Iolani at Windward Community College | Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center | Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, Maui



		The Contemporary Museum September 19 – November 16, 2003


	Nam Zie Nam Zie’s metal sculptures with movable parts, which are designed to fit on a human body, recall the surrealist trope of the unconscious as machine and represent a steadfast exploration of the self/body within paradigms that increasingly conceptualize the body out of material existence and into the realm of pure information. Within this context of physical crisis, Nam Zie’s mechanistic yet oddly moving work reaffirms the body and explores sentient human existence amidst notions of the artificial.
			Grind Out Refine I, color photograph, 2000


			Grind Out Refine III, color photograph, 2000
	Grind Out Refine IV, color photograph, 2001

Honolulu Hale (City Hall) \| The Contemporary Museum \| Honolulu Academy of Arts \| University of Hawai'i Art Gallery & Commons Gallery East-West Center Gallery \| Gallery 'Iolani at Windward Community College \| Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center \| Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, Maui