Artwork copyright Yong Soon Min. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Talking Herstory, 1990

Yong Soon Min
(American, born 1953)

Location: Shoreline School District, Shoreline

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Talking Herstory is a conceptual print by artist Yong Soon Min, and is comprised of an assemblage of personal family photographs, images of historic leaders, and fragments of a world map. The juxtaposition of these images creates an intersection of personal and political histories, which Min notes is "an intentional strategy to symbolically represent those of us who are objectified or absent in official historical narratives as active subjects of a living history."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Shoreline School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Los Angeles-based artist, curator, and professor Yong Soon Min creates conceptual artworks in a variety of media. Her art explores "issues of representation and cultural identities and the intersection of history and memory."

Born in Korea, Min grew up in Monterey, California, and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts) and the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. She is a Professor Emerita of Art at University of California, Irvine.