For the first exhibition in 2025, Chapter II presents 《Threshold》, a group exhibition of works by six international and Korean artists—Moon Kyung Won & Jeon Joon Ho, Max Frisianger, Park Suk Won, Chung Hee Seung, Ju Se Kyun and Jongwoo Ahn—through March 15 in the Yeonnam-dong space, Seoul.

The presented works that establish new narratives and provide motives for theoretical discourses based on appearances or symbolic contexts of daily objects overview the realm of potentials where shifts in ways of thinking ignite, defined as Threshold in the exhibition title.

Through the works, be they ready-made, the representation of external appearances of objects or what a camera captures, 《Threshold》 first constructs a boundary region where a new perspective developed from presentational interpretation emerges and invites viewers to the place. Thus, it highlights the tension between what is in sight and what it implies to encourage the viewers to carefully look into the narratives or historical facts dormant in the works.

Park Suk Won and Max Frisianger create animal figures with a plain and simplified attitude using wood and steel, fundamental industrial materials. Meanwhile, Chung Hee Seung and Jongwoo Ahn present works that incorporate art historical references, functioning as elements within broader narratives.

Ju Se Kyun uses a technique of "precise scattering" with powder on the exhibition floor to construct an imaginary flag. Despite its nonexistence, it appears as though it represents emblems of specific nations bound by mutual agreements.

Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho craft aluminum and acrylic sculptures that intricately replicate the human upper body. These work creates an uncanny ambience through its title and sophisticated high-tech details.

Participating Artists: Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho, Max Frisianger, Park Suk Won, Chung Hee Seung, Ju Se Kyun, Jongwoo Ahn

“Threshold”
2025.01.17 - 2025.03.15
Mon-Sat 10:00 am – 6:00 pm | Sat 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Chapter II
54 Donggyo-ro 27-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Korea

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.