Donât expect a clear answer.
Choi, who grew up in South Korea, but now lives and studies in the United States, is exploring the ambiguity of emotions. The inspiration for the exhibit, she said in a Zoom interview, grows out of living between two cultures and not really feeling part of either.
She lived in Korea until after high school graduation and has lived in the United States for 12 years, and English is her second language. Thereâs a cultural difference about emotions,â she said. âWe all humans. We can be empathetic about certain emotions. It all depends on a culture.â
Marga Lincoln
For the Independent Record
Take a walk on the creative side and step into the Holter Museum of Artâs High Gallery, to catch the Across the Divide 2021, featuring recent works by art professors at the University of Montana and Montana State University.
Oneâs attention is immediately riveted to the far wall.
Taking up the full back wall from floor to ceiling is âLoss (Front/Back),â an ocean of red tally marks marking some 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in America.
Across the gallery, one sees âRatljóstâ a series of four moody photos of sparse Icelandic winterscapes as darkness descends, lending them an unsettling aura.