Christine Sun Kim's charcoal drawing, 'How Do You Hold Your Debt', serves as a potent visual critique of financial struggles, showcasing various forms of debt symbolically represented by disembodied hands. This piece highlights the difficulty of grasping one's debts as they are displayed as painful and unmanageable. Accompanying the artwork, an essay by Mara Mills examines Kim's practice evolution, revealing a strong connection between the lived experiences of cultural disability and financial indebtedness, blending textual and visual languages.
The debts dig into the meatiest part of the palms, which are either open demonstrating vulnerability or cupped around the debt in a futile position.
Kim’s charcoal drawings have become instantly recognizable, combining language and motion with energetic line work and social critique, showcasing deep artistic reflection on contemporary issues.
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