Yun Heo

Ashley Berlin is proud to present the first solo exhibition by artist Yun Heo in Berlin.

"Where do all our hopes and dreams, bouts of exhaustion and spells of longing go in a world that is flooded with endless tips on How to Live a Good Life, but capitalism shatters any prospect to ever attain it?"

In Me Time, Heo recreates a fictionalised version of her previous storage space, consisting of old works, ‘boddari’ (bundles) and wish notes — half-eaten and covered in mice droppings. Perhaps as the mice eat away at the veneer of self-care affirmations and positive pop psychology, we might restore a real sense of belonging — in a world beyond capitalism.

Yun Heo is an artist based in Frankfurt am Main. Her work considers the intersection of politics and fantasy in urbanism and pop culture. Mainly through sculptural installations and by playing with her generation’s aesthetic of hope, she examines the often comical relationship between empathy and pop.