Installation view
of 《Intangible Boundaries》 ©Pipe GalleryPipe
Gallery presents a two-person exhibition 《Intangible
Boundaries》 by Jinhyung Lee and Jaehyoung Im, through
February 28.
The
exhibition title, “Intangible Boundaries,” signifies a state where familiar
shapes, textures, and colors gradually blur, their original contexts and
meanings dissolving into new modes of existence. This exhibition endeavors to
visually unravel these shifts in boundaries.
Installation view
of 《Intangible Boundaries》 ©Pipe GalleryJinhyung
Lee (b.1982) reconstructs the essential components of visual imagery,
surpassing the familiar boundaries of form and meaning. By collecting and
repetitively observing diverse images, Lee deliberately obscures their original
meanings, emphasizing form and texture alone. Techniques inspired by digital
editing—distortion, close-ups, and cropping—are used to re-edit and transform
existing images, allowing viewers to focus solely on the materiality and
essence of the forms, detached from their original context.
Jaehyoung
Im (b.1988), on the other hand, approaches themes of natural change, memory,
presence, and absence through a painterly lens. His works abandon fixed forms,
instead centering on motion and transformation to create immersive sensory
experiences. Im’s paintings feature amorphous and ephemeral subjects—such as
water, oceans, smoke, and shadows—capturing fleeting moments and the ebb and
flow of emotions.
Installation view
of 《Intangible Boundaries》 ©Pipe GalleryThis
exhibition seeks to capture the moments when forms and meanings dissolve within
the world we inhabit, exploring the new sensory experiences that arise from
this dissolution. Jinhyung Lee and Jaehyoung Im present distinct visual
explorations that transcend the boundaries of form and meaning by engaging with
the materiality, texture, and transformative potential of painting.
Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.
