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Artist Yi Young Uk: A World of Uncanny Sensations Through Repetitive Imagery
Yi Young Uk (b. 1991) explores how the form of repetition functions effectively in contemporary contexts. For instance, he experiments with various organic expressions that break away from rigid formal frameworks—such as creating patterns through the repetition of realistically rendered images, deconstructing forms, or translating them from two-dimensional surfaces into three-dimensional structures.
2025.07.14
Exhibitions
《Atmospheres》, 2023.12.16 – 2024.01.06, 359-11, Hapjeong-dong
《Atmospheres》 depicts a world of violence, exploitation, and trauma by creating partial connections after modifying or rearranging the recording of the impressions I detected from the real world. This is a story of beings too small to be noticed, and also a story of countless beings within a single being.
2023.12.22
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[Critique] Photography Is Photography As Photography Is
Appreciating a photograph and appreciating a painting may appear similar, yet they are fundamentally different acts. The only thing they share is the attempt to reproduce a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface; beyond that, their mechanisms of representation are entirely distinct.
2016.09.17
Exhibitions
《Citizen’s Forest》, 2018.09.13 – 2019.10.13, Tina Kim Gallery
Tina Kim Gallery is pleased to present 《Citizen’s Forest》, a solo exhibition by Park Chan-Kyong. The multi-disciplinary artist utilizes film, video and photography to examine the complex social and political history of South Korea.
2019.09.13
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Artist Cho Duck Hyun Revives the Faded Memories
Cho Duck Hyun (b.1957) is known for his drawings in pencils that resemble black and white photographs, and installation works based on the drawings. Cho reconstructs the vestiges of the past through his artworks and focuses on the existence and fate of individuals within the larger Korean modern history.
2024.07.23
