Harmony Korine Makes Sense of His Shape-Shifting Art: ‘It’s Really One Whole Work’
Harmony Korine’s first U.S. retrospective, “Perfect Nonsense,” has opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, bringing together more than 50 works spanning his adolescent writings, 1990s zines and collages, figurative paintings, and recent projects made with game engines. Korine, 53, is known for films including “Gummo” (1997) and “Spring Breakers” (2012), and the exhibition presents his visual art as similarly experimental, incorporating materials such as house paint and VHS tapes. Since moving to Miami, he has founded the studio/collective EDGLRD, which produced “AGGRO DR1FT” (2023), a film shot with thermal cameras and A.I.-assisted visual effects that premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. Korine describes his cross-medium practice as a search for new forms rather than adherence to a single format.
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