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Exhibitions
《Innuendo》, 2023.09.02 – 2023.10.14, Jason Haam
Jason Haam is pleased to announce Innuendo a solo exhibition of new paintings by a Korean artist, Moka Lee. The show, which will be the artist’s inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery, will open on the September 2nd and remain on view through the October 10th.
2023.08.31
Exhibitions
《Pyromaniac》, 2023.08.31 – 2023.09.24, SeMA Storage
Miryu Yoon focuses on the essential conditions of portraying the human figure. Much like a firebug who ignites a tiny flame on a scrap of paper to set off a larger blaze, the artist begins with a small clue discovered in a real-life subject, kindling sparks of imagination to stage various scenarios.
2023.08.28
Articles
Artist Kim Heecheon: On Existence and Life Mediated by Digital Data
Kim Heecheon (b. 1989) explores how digital technology influences our visual and perceptual experiences in everyday life, as well as our altered sense of reality as a result. His work often engages with digital interfaces that translate physical time and space into data, such as face-swapping mobile apps, virtual reality, and Google Earth.
2025.05.26
Articles
[Critique] Kim Heecheon - Living amid Moving Image
When more than a century ago, Thomas Edison invented the motion picture camera and its viewer, he thought of moving images as nothing more than some insignificant flickering images, which briefly appear through a tiny hole in a coin-operated machine. But with technology transitioning from film to digital media, there has been a bewildering evolution in moving images.
2020.01.21
Activities
Can Humans Determine the Usefulness of Nature?: 《The 23rd SongEun Art Award Exhibition》
On January 6, Yoo Hwasoo was selected as the winner of the 23rd SongEun Art Award. His work was highly praised for its originality and effectiveness in addressing a timely and relevant theme. Yoo has long explored the impact of technology on human labor, the relationship between technology and disability, and the social phenomena that emerge from their intersection.
2024.02.05
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Articles
Artist Nakhee Sung’s Abstract Painting: Rhythm on the Canvas
Nakhee Sung (b. 1971) has consistently presented organic abstract paintings that convey a rhythm and cadence akin to music, or the dynamic movement of freely flowing colors, through the fundamental elements of painting—points, lines, and planes.
2024.11.19
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Artist Kim Beom’s Artworks Oscillating Between Humor and Cynicism
Kim Beom (b. 1963) humorously transforms the artist’s imagination from small everyday events into real objects. His work ranges from object works that transform everyday objects into new objects, to drawings and video works that realize the artist’s imagination, to publications in the form of monographs.
2024.07.16
Articles
Artist Lee Bul Explores the World as a Hybrid that Transcends Boundaries
Lee Bul (b. 1964)’s narrative is reflected in her works through sharp social criticism, historical consciousness, and a search for utopian humanism. The artist draws inspiration from diverse sources – including film, literature and modern architecture, as well as European and South Korean history – to create hybrid forms that convey a fantastical and often disconcerting dystopian vision.
2024.07.02
