KISSSSS by Yong Soon Min is an exhibition comprising three parts: Both Sides Now (2018), Still/Incessant (2018/2024), and KISSSSS (2024) by the late Yong Soon Min, Professor Emerita in University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) Department of Art. Featuring her final artwork, the presentation is curated by Min’s colleague and friend, Bridget R. Cooks, PhD, the Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor of African American Studies and Art History at UCI.

On view at the Contemporary Arts Center Gallery on UCI’s campus, KISSSSS by Yong Soon Min is co-sponsored by UCI’s Jack and Shanaz Langson Institute and Museum of California Art (Langson IMCA) and Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CTSA) with lead support generously provided by UC Irvine’s Center for Critical Korea Studies and Claire Trevor Society.Q

Yong Soon Min. Photograph by Erin Min.

Yong Soon Min, Image from KISSSSS. Photograph by David Kelley, 2024