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Kim Joon — We-BMW
Kim Joon

We-BMW

Kim Joon's *We-BMW* features the artist's signature technique of digitally tattooing luxury brand insignia and logos onto the human body, blurring the boundaries between consumerism, identity, and flesh. The work presents the iconic BMW emblem mapped across skin as though branded into the body itself, raising questions about how corporate culture and material desire have become inseparable from the modern self. Joon's seamless digital rendering gives the image a hyper-real quality, making the merger of body and brand feel both seductive and unsettling.

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April 11, 2013

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Kim Joon, We-BMW

Kim Joon's *We-BMW* features the artist's signature technique of digitally tattooing luxury brand insignia and logos onto the human body, blurring the boundaries between consumerism, identity, and flesh. The work presents the iconic BMW emblem mapped across skin as though branded into the body itself, raising questions about how corporate culture and material desire have become inseparable from the modern self. Joon's seamless digital rendering gives the image a hyper-real quality, making the merger of body and brand feel both seductive and unsettling.

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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Bold, Commercial, Pop Art, Modern, Digital, Colorful, Korean, Contemporary, Satirical, Car

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