Laura Kina: Golden Hour – an Appraisal
August 30 – November 3, 2023
FLXST Contemporary is pleased to present an appraisal of Laura Kina’s work now live on ARTSY through Nov 4, 2023. C-Suite opening September 23rd 4-7pm and running through Oct 30th at FLXST Contemporary 2251 S. Michigan, Suite 220, Chicago, IL.
“Golden Hour” shows select work by Laura Kina made from 2009 to 2023. Advised by Kerry James Marshall while at UIC, we see his figurative influences on Kina’s art. Kina focuses on everyday scenes in paintings and textile work that connect to her Okinawan-American queer identity.
Artwork
Over the Rainbow
“Over the Rainbow” is about starting over. It’s about grief and life in the after. Conceived during the pandemic, in the wake of surviving breast cancer, the end of a 25-year-long marriage, and coming out as queer, Kina’s art traces her journey and memories through trauma into wellness and the unknown.
Word of Mouth
Original recipes and stories from 23 Asian American and Asian diasporic artists from across the United States featuring original recipe illustrations by Laura Kina and Jave Yoshimoto as well as by contributing artists HyeGyeong Choi, heather c. lou, and Mia Matlock.
Holding On
Created during a summer 2019 Joan Mitchell Center Artist-in-Residency, “Holding On” features sacred, WWII memorial, and present-day military occupied sites in Okinawa, Japan and explores memory and affect through the genre of landscape painting.
