Turtle Boat Head

1992 • video projection, charcoal on paper, wood, metal, plexiglass

Turtle Boat Head was commissioned by Thelma Golden for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The installation traveled to: The Wadsworth Atheneum, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts , The Rice University Gallery of Art and the McLean project for the Arts.

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"Enter the mind of Turtle Boat Head.
A single room where thoughts exist in images of Korean life, past and present, in bold charcoal black and spread across three panels of hospital-white walls.
The Images span and interwine the history of the Korean people - from the Japanese invasion of 1592, to urban America and the sprouting business communities that they have established... continue " Charles Kim. The Korea Times

Installation view

Video still - click to view the video

The 8 minute video was made in collaboration with Matt Dibble. Sound by Pooh Johnston.

Interior view

Installation view

• Additional images

• Catalog Essay by Philip Brookman

• Washington Art link

• Rice University Art Gallery