Museumhead presents a special exhibition 《Wondersquare》 on view through June 28.

The exhibition 《Wondersquare》 begins with a simple yet provocative question: “What if we tried to speak of painting through material, objects, and methods?” This exhibition questions the prevailing tendency—particularly in Korean abstract painting—to allegorize painting through notions of individual psychology, ideology, or transcendence.

It challenges the entrenched divisions within the history of Korean (abstract) painting—such as spirit and matter, coldness and heat, tradition and modernity—and asks whether such dichotomies, or the privileging of one over the other, have confined painting to fixed categories. Has this created a self-limiting gaze that continues to be concealed and reproduced?

《Wondersquare》 seeks to explore the territory that exists like an open field within discussions on Korean abstract painting. It proposes to reframe existing conventions by presenting the surface as material, color as object, and painting as method.

Participating Artists: Ahra Kim, Hae Seong Kim, MeeNa Park, Min Ji Song, Hyunjung Fay Shin, Eunsaem Ahn, Jiyoung Yoo, Jung-Ouk Hong

“Wondersquare”
2025.05.01 - 2025.06.28
Tue-Sat 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Museumhead
1F 84-3, Gyedong-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea