"YOU SEMINAR TO THE EARTH," an Exhibition that Reflects on Our Sense of the Planet.. and More
Seoul Art Space Mullae
"YOU SEMINAR TO THE EARTH," an Exhibition that Reflects on Our Sense of the Planet
From September 11 to October 6, the exhibition YOU SEMINAR TO THE EARTH will be held on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Seoul Art Space Mullae. This exhibition is a part of ‘2023 UnfoldX ‘, a program that selects and supports artists and curators working in the field of convergence art and this project is curated by Hong Heejin.
The “You Seminar” mentioned in the title is a space that appeared in Pixar’s animated movie “Soul,” where children live before being born on Earth. The exhibition imagines the ‘You Seminar” as a pre-human world and proposes to perceive the earth and nature through the natural abilities of humans and machines.
The participating artists are Jun Hyoung San, Yang Sookyun, Nam Sangbong, Yoon Hee Soo, Oh Hwajin, Jung Sungjin, Cho Sohee, and Yohan Hàn. On the second floor, works by Jun Hyoung San, Yang Sookyun, and Nam Sangbong using sound are installed in the lobby, box theater, and dressing room. If audiences follow Yoon Hee Soo’s sound installation <horizontal keynote trip> (2023) on the stairs to the third floor, audiences can see works by Oh Hwajin, Jung Sungjin, and Cho Sohee. Oh Hwajin installs hybrid creatures in the space based on short stories she has written, while Jung Sungjin uses white paper to create origami to address the thinking process of memory. Cho Sohee’s exploration of drawing incomplete circles takes place throughout the exhibition space, including the elevator. Yohan Hàn participated in the performance < SIWOLSANGDAL threading dance > (2023), which will be presented on September 25 at 7 p.m. on the rooftop.
*On the first floor, another selected project from the ‘Unfold X’, Defragmentation (09.02 – 09.26, 2023), is also on view.
Platform-L Contemporary Art Center
" The Night Migrations," a Solo Exhibition by artist Chang Yahon, who experiments with the Traditions of Chinese Literati Painting
The Night Migrations, a solo exhibition by artist Yahon Chang (b. 1948), will run from September 7 to October 15 at Platform-L Contemporary Art Center. The exhibition will feature 46 paintings across four exhibition spaces.
Reinterpreting the Chinese literati painting tradition, Yahon Chang creates experimental ink paintings based on calligraphy. Understanding painting not only as an act that takes place on the canvas, but also as an act that connects the body, mind, and unconscious. The artist is known for his performance works, in which he stands on a large canvas or Chinese drawing paper and draws with a brush similar in size to his height.
This exhibition focuses on two series of paintings, <Shadow of Buddha> and <Blossoms Flourishing>, created between 1996 and 2005, as well as a selection of abstract landscape paintings created between 2005 and 2019. Gallery 2 and Gallery 3 will focus on the <Blossoms Flourishing> series. The large-scale paintings, which are stacked with vibrant colors such as pink and white, are reminiscent of the image of idealized nature in traditional Chinese landscape painting. In Annex 2 and Annex 3, the exhibition centers on <Shadow of Buddha>, which, unlike the explosion of colors in <Blossoms Flourishing>, is painted on a black canvas with black paint, so that the figure of Buddha is revealed subtly on canvas.
Former Embassy Residence
"BETTER NOT TO WRITE UNDER THE SPIRE", an Exhibition that quietly permeates an Empty House
Bahc Jimu’s solo exhibition, BETTER NOT TO WRITE UNDER THE SPIRE, will held from September 3 to 30 at the Former Embassy Residence. The exhibition space uses the structure of an empty house on its own. The works on display are reconstructions of scenes and events that the artist encountered while wandering around the exhibition space and Hannam-dong.
The exhibition is organized across some rooms and restrooms on the first and second floors of the space, as well as on an outdoor terrace on the second floor. After crossing the small garden in front of the space, the works are displayed in the living room and some rooms on the first floor. A series of ‘Knife Drawing’ and < ONE CENTURY > (2023), a flat work dominated by white color, hang on the white walls of the house and white dresser, feeling like part of the space. On the second floor, installations that utilize the spaces more actively stand out. < I’ve been touching the loose tooth for a decade > (2023) and < Copper Coins > (2023) are installed in the toilet and the gaps near the toilet. On the outdoor terrace, < Outlaw > (2023), with acrylic writing and drawings on flowerpot, evokes the familiarity and strangeness of the space at once.
