Jin-me Yoon, Touring Home From Away, panel 8a, 1998-9 Virtual Museum of Canada
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In this series of photographs, Yoon explores the cultural myths of Prince Edward Island, where tourism is a primary industry. In this image, the artist stands in a farmer's field with deep red soil, presumably a field of potatoes, a main export from Prince Edward Island. She stands with a man and young child, representing a family, their backs facing us.

Jin-me Yoon, Touring Home From Away, panel 8a, 1998-9   (160 KB)

Re-working PEI's presentation of itself as the land of the bucolic landscape and Anne of Green Gables, inserting herself as a visitor, Yoon brings attention to representations of place and their impact on our sense subjectivity and belonging.

Jin-me Yoon was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1960. She is a photo-based artist who currently lives and works in Vancouver.


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