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Eunsong Kim interrogates the labour and material processes of aesthetics, and asks whether art and writing are even necessary

Eunsong Kim interrogates the labour and material processes of aesthetics, and asks whether art and writing are even necessary. [Public, Market] , 2019." /> Image: Sung Gi Kim, [Public, Market] , 2019. After dinner I enter a commercial gallery space with my brother. The stroll is unplanned but the art viewing is compulsory. As in, I have been trained to enter and re-enter spaces designated for art. The gallery is owned by Dohwa Engineering Co. and is part of their multiplex, unimaginatively and authoritatively called Dohwa Art. The building is tall and the art is on the bottom floor. Joe tells

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