This piece was selected for our 2026 Fore Edge Fair online artist book sale. If you're interested in keeping up with acquisition opportunities through our Fore Edge initiative, sign up for the Fore Edge newsletter here.
If placing an online order is not possible for your organization, please send a purchase order to aschiferl@mnbookarts.org and we will hold your items and follow up with an invoice. We request payment within 30 days of receipt.
“My artistic practice exists in the threshold between visible and invisible worlds, investigating liminal spaces where cultural exchange, cosmology, and spiritual tradition converge. Through painting, print, drawing and immersive installation, I create visual cartographies of the unseen, transforming cosmological symbols and ancient spiritual iconography into contemporary explorations of our place in the universe.
At the heart of my work lies a fundamental inquiry into humanity's evolving relationship with the unknown. I trace the metamorphosis of spiritual iconography across visual languages throughout ancient history, asking essential questions: How have our belief systems transformed from primordial shamanism, totemism, and animism into contemporary understanding? How has our species' insatiable curiosity about invisible realms developed through millennia of cultural exchange, cosmological discovery, and sacred ceremony?
Drawing profound inspiration from ancient tomb and chamber murals—those sacred spaces architecturally defined as chambers between worlds—I visualize threshold territories that exist between the realms above and below. These liminal spaces become the conceptual foundation for works that traverse death and rebirth, examining the cyclical nature of existence through both scientific and spiritual lenses.
I develop a dynamic storyboard and narrative structure for my reimagined artist book; A Book of Marvels. The original Medieval Books of Marvels combined geography, cosmology, and imaginative narrative to chart worlds unknown to European audiences, often positioning Asia as a site of spectacle. My reinterpretation critically reclaims this form, positioning an Asian artistic perspective at its center. By subverting the historical Western gaze where earlier texts exoticized Asia, my work reclaims authorship and agency, situating the Asian artist as a cartographer of uncertainty. Materials such as printmaking, handmade paper, book binding, and storyboards was designed and produced during my Keyholder residency at Lower East Side Printshop 2025-2026.” - Leekyung Kang
9” x 9” Folded 12” x 35” unfolded
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
This piece was selected for our 2026 Fore Edge Fair online artist book sale. If you're interested in keeping up with acquisition opportunities through our Fore Edge initiative, sign up for the Fore Edge newsletter here.
If placing an online order is not possible for your organization, please send a purchase order to aschiferl@mnbookarts.org and we will hold your items and follow up with an invoice. We request payment within 30 days of receipt.
“My artistic practice exists in the threshold between visible and invisible worlds, investigating liminal spaces where cultural exchange, cosmology, and spiritual tradition converge. Through painting, print, drawing and immersive installation, I create visual cartographies of the unseen, transforming cosmological symbols and ancient spiritual iconography into contemporary explorations of our place in the universe.
At the heart of my work lies a fundamental inquiry into humanity's evolving relationship with the unknown. I trace the metamorphosis of spiritual iconography across visual languages throughout ancient history, asking essential questions: How have our belief systems transformed from primordial shamanism, totemism, and animism into contemporary understanding? How has our species' insatiable curiosity about invisible realms developed through millennia of cultural exchange, cosmological discovery, and sacred ceremony?
Drawing profound inspiration from ancient tomb and chamber murals—those sacred spaces architecturally defined as chambers between worlds—I visualize threshold territories that exist between the realms above and below. These liminal spaces become the conceptual foundation for works that traverse death and rebirth, examining the cyclical nature of existence through both scientific and spiritual lenses.
I develop a dynamic storyboard and narrative structure for my reimagined artist book; A Book of Marvels. The original Medieval Books of Marvels combined geography, cosmology, and imaginative narrative to chart worlds unknown to European audiences, often positioning Asia as a site of spectacle. My reinterpretation critically reclaims this form, positioning an Asian artistic perspective at its center. By subverting the historical Western gaze where earlier texts exoticized Asia, my work reclaims authorship and agency, situating the Asian artist as a cartographer of uncertainty. Materials such as printmaking, handmade paper, book binding, and storyboards was designed and produced during my Keyholder residency at Lower East Side Printshop 2025-2026.” - Leekyung Kang
9” x 9” Folded 12” x 35” unfolded
*Consignment item. Not eligible for 10% membership discount. All consignment purchases are final and non-refundable once shipped.
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