Installation view of 《Somewhere Worth Visiting》 © Space Willing N Dealing
Space Willing N Dealing presents a solo
exhibition 《Somewhere Worth Visiting》 by artist Lee
Mijung, on view through August 22.
Artist Lee Mijung began this body of work
by observing that when searching online for "places worth visiting,"
countless images of different locations often appear strikingly similar.
Although each photograph depicts a distinct site, the landscapes people choose
to capture are repeatedly framed in nearly identical ways.
In this process, the unique characteristics
of individual places gradually dissolve, and landscapes become generalized
images that could belong anywhere.
Installation view of 《Somewhere Worth Visiting》 © Space Willing N Dealing
For Lee, landscape is less a representation
of nature itself than an icon extracted from the countless images that have
been photographed, shared, and consumed. The exhibition 《Somewhere Worth Visiting》 begins with this paradoxical experience.
In this exhibition, the sky, mountains,
trees, and ground are presented not as components of a fixed and complete
scene, but as individual elements that can be separated, relocated, and
recombined. A landscape is no longer understood as a specific place, but as one
possible arrangement among many.
By fragmenting, codifying, and reassembling
familiar landscapes, Lee invites viewers to reconsider the ways in which we
consume and remember landscape.
