MMCA×LG OLED Series 2026: Christine Sun Kim

About the exhibition

Seoul Box, the museum's central hall, holds one new work made for the space. LG says 72 of its 55-inch OLED displays join into one large curved screen. An animation based on the artist's drawings fills it, reworking American Sign Language movement and the motion lines of classic comics. The Korea Times describes a black-and-white environment in the 16.6-meter-high hall, and Newsis reports black lines running across walls, floor and glass. The museum lists the materials as paint, adhesive vinyl, single-channel video and sound.

The title, Have Many Dumb Fights Against Rock, points to arguments that never settle. The museum says Kim likens online polarization to "arguing endlessly with a rock", and that the rock can be an opponent, oneself or the structures that govern language. This is the second project in the MMCA×LG OLED Series, which gives one artist a year a commission for Seoul Box.

About the artist

Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, Orange County, California) is a Korean American artist based in Berlin. The Smithsonian American Art Museum describes billboards, murals, videos, performances, works on paper and audio installations that treat communication as layers of translation, especially around sound and Deaf culture. The artist earned MFAs from the School of Visual Arts (2006) and Bard College (2013), and the Smithsonian notes that Kim became the first Deaf Asian American to sign the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 2020. François Ghebaly lists shows at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2025) and Walker Art Center (2026).

Artist website

Sources: Gallery Hyundai: artist page · e-flux: MMCA announcement