“Solid, Weak, Temple” Installation view at Chamber 1965 ©Aproject CompanySolid, Weak, Temple, an exhibition featuring artists Kim Doongji, Ahn Jinseon, Ryu wooseok, will be on view at Chamber 1965 from August 3 to August 20.
The exhibition discusses urban landscapes that oscillate between solidity and disappearance. Rather than being uniform and stable, the exhibition suggest that our cities are spaces that are constantly changing and becoming inhomogeneous., shaped by beliefs and desires. The exhibition space, Chamber 1965, is not smoothly covered with white walls as most exhibition spaces are, but rather has an exposed framework, giving it a sense of its own spatial character. The works in the exhibition resonate with this feature of the space, further revealing a sense of the city.
Ahn Jinseon uses plywood to create a sculpture with angular edges and curved forms. Ahn’s work becomes a support for Ryu wooseok and feels like a part of the space, opening to the outside. Ryu wooseok drew the changes in objects that occurred during the process of moving original pedestals in the exhibition hall. In his drawings, these changes are seen as events and take on new life within the space of the drawing. Kim Doongji envisions the exhibition space as a city and a temple, displaying sculptures in the form of religious iconography. Also, the square-shaped sculpture < Form (像, sang in Korean) >(2023), made of cement, is attached to the wall, blurring the boundaries between the wall and the work.
The pace of city, which is both steadfast and volatile, and the cityscape are transformed into their own forms in works and reach out to the viewer.
