Installation view of 《Untitled》 Photo: Hwang Jung Wook. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin ⓒ Perrotin Seoul
Perrotin Seoul presents 《Untitled》, a solo exhibition by Korean artist Choi Byung-so as its first
exhibition of 2026, on view through March 7. This exhibition marks the first
solo presentation of the artist’s work since his passing in September of last
year.
Choi Byung-so developed a distinctive
artistic practice through a performative process of repeatedly erasing printed
texts and images from newspapers and magazines using ballpoint pens or pencils.
Through this act, he dismantled the informational and semantic functions of
image and language, reducing them to material form.
Installation view of 《Untitled》 Photo: Hwang Jung Wook. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin ⓒ Perrotin Seoul
In this process, paper transcends its role
as a mere support and becomes a site where time and labor accumulate, allowing
the artist to reveal a renewed sense of materiality and visual density.
Focusing on works from the final decade of the artist’s life,
this exhibition offers an in-depth view of Choi’s late practice and serves as
an opportunity to reassess the significance of his work within the context of
Korean contemporary art history.
