Missoula Art Museum

Mimi Jung: Just Between Us 
January 2 - April 13, 2024 

The evocative exhibition title, Just Between Us, invites her audience in, as if sharing a secret, but is also a reference to the weaving process. Jung says, “the spaces between, [have a] capacity to convey more than the physical elements that create them. After so many years of working on the loom, I’ve developed a deep appreciation of the space created by the simple proximity of strands.” 

With unexpected and unconventional materials like paper and foam as wefts, a variety of non-traditional string used as

warps, and woven pieces cast in metal, Jung’s work has a strong materiality while retaining conceptual underpinnings. 

Jung expands on this idea of betweenness. She says, “All the works throughout the exhibition stand in a state of ambiguity. Viewers are encouraged to engage with them from various viewpoints—the cusp of completion or the verge of deconstruction… viewers may find themselves in a state of contemplative uncertainty, navigating the subtleties of their own reflexive responses. My goal is to provide an experience that resonates with those receptive to their evocative prompts.” 

Her sculptural forms are derived from drapery and folds. This is reminiscent of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, who devoted a book to the concept of the fold. Deleuze described it not as a physical form, but an ideology of becoming,