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Artist Kai Oh’s Mutable Images: On Hidden Vitalities in Urban Spaces
Currently based in New York, Kai Oh (b. 1992) has been consistently experimenting with expanding the boundaries of photography. Her work primarily involves discovering traces of often-overlooked beings that exist beneath the surface of urban spaces. She captures these traces through her camera lens and reconstructs them into imagined scenes through post-production.
2025.05.19
Exhibitions
“Nostalgics on realities” on View Through March 9, 2024, at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul
Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul presents the group exhibition “Nostalgics on realities” through March 9. Curated by Kim Sung woo, “Nostalgics on realities” presents new and recent work by six contemporary artists: Jesse Chun, Eugene Jung, Yongju Kwon, Minsun, Hwayeon Nam and Yooyun Yang. Following the three-person show “Myths of Our Time” in 2023, this group exhibition is the second at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul to focus solely on Korean artists, highlighting their diverse contributions to Korea’s thriving contemporary art scene.
2024.01.31
Exhibitions
《Noun to Verb》, 2024.10.26 - 2025.01.18, KCS ppuri
Seeun Kim's solo exhibition 《Noun to Verb》 is on view at ppuri of the cultural and arts platform KCS (Kumsung Cultural Space) founded by Kumsung Publishing, until January 18, 2025.
2024.10.25
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《Flags》, 2019.01.31 – 2019.02.23, DOOSAN Gallery New York
This was the headline of an article featuring interviews with Korean secondary school students serving in the Youth Assembly. When I read the article some time ago, I was reminded of a conversation I had with my mother two years ago.
2019.01.31
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《목련아 목련아 (Mulian Mulian)》, 2011.10.28 – 2011.12.13, Atelier Hermès
In this solo exhibition, Rho Jae Oon presents a reinterpretation of the story of Maudgalyayana (Mokuren 末献連), one of the Buddha's ten principal disciples and the protagonist of the Buddhist scripture, linking it to contemporary society through various interfaces.
2011.10.25
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[Column] Stories Heard Through Images
Won Seoungwon is a natural-born storyteller. This is evident not only when speaking with her but also in her artworks, which are filled with rich and abundant narratives. Just as words come together to form sentences, and sentences accumulate to create a novel, she combines around two thousand individual photographic images into the construction of a single intriguing story.
2022.02
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[Critique] Exhibition Time: Chung Seoyoung
It’s challenging to talk about Chung Seoyoung’s artistic universe, but it’s not impossible. Her world does not disappear into some labyrinth. On the contrary, it is lucid and precise. It is like a form of cross-studies that makes us confront two or more schismatic realities
2021
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Artist Kim Eull Draws Freely Standing in the Middle of the World
Artist Kim Eull (b. 1954) has garnered attention for his broad spectrum of work that transcends the narrow definition and formal limitations of the medium of drawing and encompasses various boundaries such as painting, sculpture, and installation. Kim perceives and works with drawing as an attitude rather than a form. For him, drawing is associated with an attitude of freedom, honesty, and a clear conscience.
2024.08.13
