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Artist Kai Oh’s Mutable Images: On Hidden Vitalities in Urban Spaces
Currently based in New York, Kai Oh (b. 1992) has been consistently experimenting with expanding the boundaries of photography. Her work primarily involves discovering traces of often-overlooked beings that exist beneath the surface of urban spaces. She captures these traces through her camera lens and reconstructs them into imagined scenes through post-production.
2025.05.19
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Artist Jeongkeun Lee: Mediumistic Imagination through the Combination of Image and Frame
Jeongkeun Lee (b. 1989) examines the relationship between form and image through the combination of photographic images and the frames that contain them. In his work, the frame functions both as a protective device for the photograph and as a storyboard, forming an exaggerated exterior that allows the photograph to be interpreted in new ways. In doing so, the content of the photograph becomes connected to the frame, representing a series of events experienced by the artist.
2026.04.06
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[Critique] An Ellipsis, or Several Periods
Minae Kim greets you with a friendly “hello,” but that is all she says. Other than “hello”(the title of this exhibition), the only messages from the artist are the captions of the works, which do not even have conventional
2020
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Exhibitions
《Your Mind is Now an Ocean》, 2024.07.31 – 2024.08.30, Pilar Corrias, London
Pilar Corrias is pleased to present a group exhibition of works by Koo Jeong A, Ragna Bley, Keren Cytter, Sophie von Hellermann, Manuel Mathieu, Mary Ramsden, Rachel Rose, and Julião Sarmento.
2024.07.30
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Artist Ahn Kyuchul Wins Rado Art Canal Prize
Artist Ahn Kyuchul, President of the School of Visual Arts at Korea National University of Arts, has been selected as the recipient of the Art Canal Prize at 《Fluid Art Canal 2006》, an international outdoor exhibition officially sponsored by Swiss watch brand RADO.
2006.09.27
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Kim Tschoon-su’s Blue Paintings: A Journey into the Nature of Painting
Kim Tschoon-su (b. 1957), a leading figure in the ‘Post-Dansaekhwa’ group and the artist of ‘Ultra Marine’, has attracted attention for his unique finger painting technique, in which he wears thin gloves instead of brushes, and uses paint on his palms and fingers to ‘touch’ the canvas to build up thin layers of color.
2024.07.30