Artist Talk for "Family Ties: Thingumabob Self-Portraits"

Join us for a special Artist Talk featuring the artist Hyunsuk Erickson, discussing Family Ties: Thingumabob Self-Portaits, currently on display in the Nano Gallery at The DC Arts Center.

Hear directly from the featured artist as she shares the ideas, processes, and inspirations behind this exhibition. This engaging conversation, hosted by Curator Thu Anh Nguyen, offers a unique opportunity to ask questions, connect, and gain deeper insight into the creation of the Thingumabob world and this series of their self-portraits.

Family Ties: Thingumamob Self-Portraits by Hyunsuk Erickson features multimedia drawings of her Thingumabob sculptures. The “Thingumabob” is a collective, reflective of each figure's own lived, cultural experience of confusion of identity, and adaptation in a melting pot society. Consider that the Thingumabob sculptures are a community made with traditional fiber arts techniques, ceramic, wood, PVC, and repurposed materials — these drawings of ink, colored pencil, and marker are their portraits of themselves.

Each portrait highlights what is unique about the Thingumabobs: their undulating and colorful shapes, and the way they form different intergenerational tribes. The self-portraits are also an incomplete snapshot of a Thingumabob in action; they continue beyond the frame, and their stories are still evolving. Although these are self-portraits, no Thingumabob is alone, and many overlap. These self-portraits, like their sculptural counterparts, are a reminder of the interconnectedness within and between communities.

Find out more at: dcartscenter.org/family

Gallery Shot of Family Ties: Thingumabob Self-Portraits, currently on display in The DC Arts Center's Nano Gallery

Gallery shot of One Thread, Many Bodies: The Thingumabob Community, previously on display in The DC Arts Center's Main Gallery

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The DC Arts Center (DCAC), 2438 18th Street Northwest, Washington, United States

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