Join us in the Arnold Boardroom on Free First Thursday for a chat with the 2024 Betty Bowen Award winner, Samantha Yun Wall. Established in 1977 to honor the legacy of Betty Bowen—an enthusiastic supporter of Northwest contemporary art—this annual award celebrates a Northwest artist for their original, exceptional, and compelling work.
Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind uses overlapping silhouettes of female figures as portals to unknown spaces and different temporal realms. Impetus for the new body of work is a Korean folk tale in which the Pasque flower is symbolic of a grandmother who passed away without the loving care of her grandchildren. It is a story of melancholy, loss, and remembrance. The delicate hair on the flower’s stem differentiates it, and the artist gives the plant a surreal aspect in some of her paintings, replacing the flower’s center with a watchful eye.
Show up early or stick around after the talk to take part in an art activity inspired by the themes of loss and remembrance in Samantha Yun Wall's exhibition. Find out what else is happening February 5 as part of Free First Thursday at Seattle Art Museum.