Hyegyeong Choi, Melted!, 2023
“Poetics of Falsification”
Harper's East Hampton
Sometimes the East End summer feels like a fever dream—a hot and hazy escape from the mundane that is as fleeting as it is fun. That sense of vibrant, ephemeral delirium is exactly what Harper’s latest group show feels like. "Poetics of Falsification" features works by seven rising-star female artists known for their flair for the fantastic. Hyegyeong Choi paints psychedelically Edenic landscapes filled with exuberant, plump bodies that defy rigid standards of beauty, while Michele Fletcher fashions an ambiguous, floating femininity with her fluid paintings of flora. Ji Woo Kim fabricates memories from family photos, blurring the line between reminiscence and fantasy. With additional works by Cece Philips, Chloe West, Anastasia Komar, and Lumin Wakoa, the show begs the question: What is real, and what is imagined?
“Poetics of Falsification” will be on view from August 19 through September 27, 2023 at Harper’s East Hampton—Margaret Carrigan