Installation view
of “IMA Picks 2024” ©Ilmin Museum of ArtIlmin
Museum of Art presents “IMA Picks 2024” on view through November 17. Now in its
third year, “IMA Picks” has been a program that presents solo exhibitions of
three artists who demonstrate the horizons of perception shared by a particular
group or community in the current era.
The “IMA
Picks 2024” is featuring Kim Minae, Bek Hyunjin, and Cha Jeamin across the
entire museum. The three artists build their artistic methodologies through
sculpture, painting, and video.
1. Cha Jaemin, “Stories of
Visible Spectrum” (Exhibition Hall 1)
Cha
Jeamin (b. 1986) uses video, performance, and writing to present anomalies of
contemporary society, including the tensions between the mind, emotions, and
body. Since Cha’s early works, which traced the workings of invisible forces
inherent in urban environments, the artist's gaze has gradually shifted to
scenes where intimate elements of life, such as education, care and nursing,
meet social networks and institutions. The new work, Photosynthesizing
Dead in Warehouse, shows the artist observing and capturing images of
art and life, death and birth.
Installation view of “IMA Picks 2024” ©Ilmin Museum of Art2. Bek Hyunjin, “Composeduncompsed Lounge” (Exhibition Hall 2)
Bek
Hyunjin (b. 1972) has worked across a wide range of genres, including painting,
installation, performance, music, and filmmaking, engaging extensively with
what is seen and heard. He presents his new work in the exhibition, a large-scale
painting, Your Background, measuring 27 meters in width and 3
meters in height, composed of 36 individual drawings.
His
paintings generally emerge from intuitive gestures rather than clear plans or
objectives, with the canvas serving as a site where bodily movements, actions,
and poetic or musical rhythms coalesce in a unique formal overlay. In addition,
the artist will present the exhibition-related performances Swamp and
Mirror (irregular performance) and Free (on Fridays,
7-9 pm).
Installation view
of “IMA Picks 2024” ©Ilmin Museum of Art3. Kim Minae, “White Circus” (Exhibition Hall 3, Project Room)
Kim
Minae (b. 1981) reveals through sculpture and installation the meaning of
environment and space that individuals experience in society, and the
contradictory situations that arise within those scenes. Her work is often
completed by setting up an exhibition room as a specific frame, and then
observing how the physical conditions given to create context and breathing.
“White Circus” pays attention to the localities of Gwanghwamun and the museum,
metaphorically transforms the museum space into a plaza where acrobatics unfold.
