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DONUT EVER FORGET ME So, you love donuts 🍩 . What about a donut exhibit at boiseartmuseum by internationally-renowned artist Jae Yong King (jae_yong_kim_nyc )? From now till July 2019, you’ll be able to enjoy Donut Ever Forget Me — exhibit made up of hundreds of hand-sculpted and intricately painted donuts. Each one is unique, and is topped with a high-gloss glaze. According to the BAM website, “Kim views each of the donuts as a diminutive painting, with their decorated surfaces invoking the paint splatters of Jackson Pollock or the mesmerizing dot patterns of Yayoi Kusama. These labor-intensive pieces, each of which requires multiple firings in the kiln, can take several days to complete. Kim’s use of the ceramic medium and his appropriation of imagery by famous painters is a clever critique of the perceived divide between fine art and craft. By depicting row-after-row of sweet treats, rendered in a brilliant Pop-Art palette, he also explores the global culture of consumerism and i...

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