Installation view of 《An Empty Bed Isn’t Empty》 ©sangheeut
Sangheeut
presents a group exhibition 《An Empty Bed Isn’t Empty》
on view through March 7.
《An
Empty Bed Isn’t Empty》 brings together works by Daeun
Jang, Ian Ha, and Jiwon Seo that treat images not as fixed records, but as
something that arrives slightly out of sync—with time, with events, with their
subjects. These images hold in place the temporal misalignment that emerges
between an event and its recognition.
Installation view of 《An Empty Bed Isn’t Empty》 ©sangheeut
Daeun
Jang’s practice engages with narratives that have been transmitted
and transformed across time, including myths, folktales, and oral histories.
Rather than reconstructing these stories as unified accounts, she focuses on
how they fragment, overlap, and drift as they are repeated. Marks, symbols, and
names appear in her work not as tools of identification, but as indicators of
what remains unresolved.
Ian
Ha’s work begins with attention to surface—stains, residues,
fragments—and the processes through which they accumulate. By repeatedly
covering, erasing, scraping, and revealing, he delays pictorial closure and
resists the formation of a singular image. Materials are placed without fixed
symbolism, allowing chance encounters and material collisions to shape the
work.
Installation view of 《An Empty Bed Isn’t Empty》 ©sangheeut
Jiwon
Seo’s practice examines images that are so familiar they are often
consumed without reflection. Within a single object, conflicting associations
coexist—beauty and discomfort, intimacy and estrangement—without clear
hierarchy. By breaking down and reassembling these layers, Seo produces
surfaces that resist clear reference or representation.
Participating
Artists: Daeun Jang, Ian Ha, Jiwon Seo
