{"id":5563,"date":"2025-11-05T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=5563"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:53:57","slug":"stranger-by-the-lake-bare-ass-creek-by-ken-gun-min-kinstler-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2025\/11\/05\/stranger-by-the-lake-bare-ass-creek-by-ken-gun-min-kinstler-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek) by Ken Gun Min (Kinstler 1000)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gorgeous artwork — “Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek)” by Ken Gun Min, which made for an amazing puzzle from Kinstler. What a fun puzzle! Also, pretty challenging! Lots of little colored or patterned sections, but so many that it was a little too busy for me to solve in a very organized fashion. … Not that I’m necessarily a very focused and organized puzzler anyway. Loved it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1000 pieces, 26.5″ x 19.25″ portrait, random cut … original artwork size 92×70″ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ken Gun Min\u2019s paintings explore intimacy, masculinity, and representation across cultures, while employing a mixture of western-style oil paints, Korean pigments, embroidery, and beading on raw canvas. Often featuring nude and queer-coded men, his portraits and lush landscapes concoct fanciful idylls filled with longing, melancholy, and euphoria. Stranger by the Lake (Bare Ass Creek) is Min\u2019s tribute to a once-popular LA nude sunbathing and trysting spot in Angeles National Forest that was ravaged by fire in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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