Insurance is an act of securing future time. In other words, insurance is a contract or discourse according to which the fortuitousness of the unknown future and the pattern of the past are converted into the ‘value’ of the present time. I think that the act of designing an insurance policy and visual artists’ tendency of converting value share some similarities.

That being the case, what kind of insurance values and ripple effects does visual art have?

Existing health and automobile insurances have long neglected the value of future crises, with the exception of those areas which traditionally have been protected by insurance. This applies to people who live in countries without medical insurance and do not have the right to pursue good health, as well as to artists who do not reap the benefits of a pension. Artists’ projects probably begin from curiosity about future time, as well as danger and anxiety from contingency and accidentality.

With their innate curiosity, artists are able to depict the structural defects of contemporary society or produce alternatives to the defects through a series of works persistently and seriously.

The exhibition AIA (Art as Insurance as Art) is both an exploration of and a discourse about the act of artistic act of searching for ever-changing values and contradictions.
■ Daum Kim

Event

opening reception: 5pm
Viewing point
The 2014 NANJI ART SHOW Ⅳ『AIA』is the 4th special exhibition of artworks by domestic artists in 8th term of SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY run by the Seoul Museum of Art. 「NANJI ART SHOW」, which has been planned by artists who are part of the residency programs, will be held in seven times until the end of November. ■ SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY