Hubertus Hamm's First Solo Exhibition in Korea: "Mirroring Effects".. and More
Gallery BHAK
Hubertus Hamm's First Solo Exhibition in Korea: "Mirroring Effects"
From June 1 to July 8, Gallery BHAK will present Mirroring Effects, a solo exhibition by Berlin, Germany-based Hubertus Hamm (b.1950), which marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Korea.
Hubertus Hamm majored in photography and later used technology as a tool for his art, creating sculptures in the genres of kinetic and op art. While majoring in photography, the artist was concerned with the mechanical creation and passive appreciation of the camera and later manipulated the camera in a specific mode utilizing science and technology to capture the subject on camera. Through this, the works he creates have a kinetic quality, inviting the viewer to move and showing a convergent art world that is completed by the interaction between the creator, the work, and the viewer.
The artist’s work changes depending on the angle at which the viewer moves, and one or more colors and images appear, disappear, and overlap. In the case of the series ‘Vi-ew portrait’ at certain angles, the viewer’s portrait is reflected in real-time on the surface of the work, creating an expansion of vision and sensation similar to that of entering a room of mirrors, creating a highly unreal and mysterious atmosphere.
The exhibition reflects on the position of art in relation to technology as it develops as a creative form in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the development of AI, and the metaverse. Through this exhibition, visitors can experience the effects of the artist’s works, the possibility of imagination becoming reality, and the thought and expansion of the senses through interaction, and examine the meaning along with the prospects of convergence art.
Gallery Baton
An Exhibition Featuring New Works by Artist Kim Bohie: “Towards”
Gallery Baton is pleased to present Towards, a solo exhibition by artist Kim Bohie (b.1952), from May 30 to July 1. While her solo exhibition at Kumho Museum of Art in 2020 and her solo exhibition at Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art in 2022 consisted of major works that showcased the artist’s entire oeuvre, this exhibition presents new works that focus on the intimate and peaceful landscapes that the artist sees through her warm gaze in everyday life.
Through her figurative landscape paintings, Kim has been exploring the contemporary expansion of Oriental painting with a unique technique that she has developed and matured in the process of deeply analyzing the traditional styles of Eastern and Western painting. In the early stages of her career, she experimented with a variety of colored ink techniques within the realm of Oriental painting, capturing the features of the surrounding figures and still lifes with a restrained and contemplative gaze. Later, she began to actively incorporate coloristic techniques and establish her pictorial landscape painting through the Sansu style.
Leo, the artist’s pet black Labrador retriever, takes center stage in the exhibition. The works have their own individual narrative structure, but at the same time, they share a landscape that serves as a backdrop and leads to each other. The works are similar to the traditional compositions of Sansu Byeongpung, and while the restrained yet colorful use of color and canvas ensures their modernity, they also extend the formal boundaries of the artist’s landscape paintings.
