Installation view of 《Distancing》 ©Thaddaeus Ropac
Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul presents the group
exhibition 《Distancing》 through
May 2, featuring new works by four artists from Korea, Japan, and the
Philippines.
The exhibition introduces recent works by Kei
Imazu, Juree Kim, Nosik Lim and Maria Taniguchi, exploring how images,
materials, and perception are reconfigured and experienced over time.
Since its opening in 2021, Thaddaeus Ropac
Seoul has continued to expand a platform where contemporary Korean art
intersects with international discourse through exhibitions such as 《Myths of Our Time》 (2023) and 《Nostalgics on Reality》 (2024). This
exhibition extends that trajectory further across Asia.
Installation view of 《Distancing》 ©Thaddaeus Ropac
《Distancing》 proposes
a way of sensing from one step away and observing from two steps back. Here,
the exhibition space becomes a site where distance and duration function as
operative conditions. Taking time and deliberately stepping back does not blur
perception; rather, it becomes an active process of adjusting focus.
The exhibition calls attention to what
remains of an object that is not immediately graspable—how it endures after
passing through time and distance. Through their distinct practices, the four
artists explore how images, materials, and perception are formed and
transformed over time, inviting viewers to trace the residual sensations and
experiences that resist easy capture.
Installation view of 《Distancing》 ©Thaddaeus Ropac
This exhibition thus seeks to engage with
moments in which time intervenes, perception is delayed, and meaning cannot be
easily reduced to language. Viewers move through the works as if drifting among
them, at times pausing to create distance, and in doing so are afforded the
time to recalibrate their own senses.
Participating Artists: Kei
Imazu, Juree Kim, Nosik Lim, Maria Taniguchi
