“Humanism Reimagined: Embracing Change” Installation view at WWNN ©WWNNFrom August 4 to 27, WWNN will present Humanism Reimagined: Embracing Change, featuring six artists: Soyun Bang, Mingyu Song, Taewon Ahn, Hyunwoo Lee, JOJAE, and TZUSOO. This exhibition is the second part of WWNN’s opening exhibition, following the first part, Humanism Reimagined: Exploring a New Frontier, which opened in July. The first and second parts of the exhibition follow the artist’s perspectives on the future. While Part 1 focused on senses beyond the conventional understanding of ‘humanity’ based on posthuman discourse, Part 2 approaches a reconstructed system of thought based on new media.
Through abstract paintings with transparent layers of cold, blue colors and human-sized white sculptures, JOJAE reveals a sense of fragmentation in an era when the status of virtuality and reality is shifting. Hyunwoo Lee uses deceased animal bones and preserved animal skins to create uncanny sculptures that evoke animal forms, but with parts of the skeleton replaced by aluminum. Soyun Bang and Taewon Ahn both start with images from virtual spaces and mix them with a sense of reality, while Mingyu Song symbolizes the world’s landscapes in geometric and abstract ways. TZUSOO prints an image of virtual influencer ‘Aimy’ created by the AI generator and adds neon glass to it.
The works further stimulate our senses to float between virtuality and reality in the white exhibition space.
