Two works – The Memories We Share II (left) and The Faded Memories – by KL-based artist Yim that are currently exhibited at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum in Japan. They come from the same series with her award-winning The Floating Castle work. — Photos: Yim Yensum
An obliging swordsmith, a quirky doll maker, a kindly fishmonger, a young framemaker and a tatami maker with fingers worked to the bone are all gathered in this section of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, alongside another seven people from the same city. Some are grinning, eyes crinkled with a smile, while others are serious, stoic, and perhaps just a little reserved.
These portraits of some of the local folk in Hakata, Fukuoka, in Japan, were created by KL-based visual artist Yim Yensum, 30, during her month-long residency with the museum in May. But they are not paintings nor drawings.
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