Dabin Ahn “Liminal Fictions”

Selenas Mountain

[Image: Dabin Ahn "Myth" (2021) Cast resin, acrylic, and ink transfer 1.5 x 4 x 9.5 in.]

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Selenas Mountain presents Liminal Fictions, the first New York solo exhibition of Chicago-based conceptual artist, Dabin Ahn. The artist will present a site-specific installation of new sculptures referencing the interior corridors of the warehouse building where Selenas Mountain is located. Using a range of cast and constructed objects, the artist plays with the trickery of images and materials, questioning notions of authenticity and value in art.

The exhibition title, Liminal Fictions comes from a notion of “in-betweenness” manifested in the fields of psychology and architecture. Liminality is a term used to describe the psychological process of transitioning across boundaries and borders. In architecture, liminal spaces are defined as the physical spaces between one destination and the next.

Dabin Ahn (b. 1988, Seoul, Korea) currently lives and works in Chicago, IL. Solo exhibitions include: Apocrypha, curated by Stephanie Cristello, Chicago Manual Style, Chicago IL; 2 + 3, Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago, IL; Records of Light, Gallery Imazoo, Seoul, Korea; Me, Myself, and I, Topohaus, Seoul, Korea. Group exhibitions include: Ground Floor Biennial, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; The Green Gallery Works, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; Long Hello, curated by Carter Foster and Evan Gruzis, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI; Four Flags, curated by Stephanie Cristello and Ruslana Lichtzier, Chicago Manual Style, Chicago IL; Appearances to The Contrary, Andrew Bae Gallery, Chicago IL; The 12th Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea; Silence, I discover, is something you can hear, Gallery LVS, Seoul Korea; Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong. Select press includes: Chicago Magazine, Chicago Gallery News, Tique. Ahn received his BFA and MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and currently works as an instructor in Adult Continuing Studies program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.