“PAINTINGS LOST” Installation view at INDIPRESS ©INDIPRESSKim Jipyeong (b. 1976) is pleased to announce her solo exhibition PAINTINGS LOST at INDIPRESS from October 12-31.
Kim Jipyeong is a contemporary artist who reinterprets Korean painting. In particular, she focuses on techniques, forms, media, and materials that have been excluded from mainstream history. An example of this tendency is her work with Janghwang (粧䌙), an ornamental accessory used in folding screens and scrolls. She replaces the paintings placed inside the folding screens or scrolls with ‘Janghwang’. She also focuses on Buddhist paintings. But she removes the Buddha’s figure from the paintings, leaving only the Buddha’s Gwangbae (光背).
The exhibition focuses on paintings from the Three Kingdoms period to the late Joseon Dynasty that have only survived in literature. She explores how they evoke a variety of interpretations through related materials instead of paintings. On the first floor, there are glass cases with anecdotes and information about the painting instead of the painting itself, as well as a folding screen made of wire. On the second floor, viewers will find a series of works related to Janghwang, as well as paintings based on poems in Sin Saimdang’s painting.
