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Exhibitions
《The Vanishing Horizon: Episode.02》, 2024.05.17 – 2024.06.16, WWNN
《The Vanishing Horizon》 unfolds as a two-part exhibition series aimed at illustrating the dystopian landscapes of our era. If the previous exhibition delved into the multifaceted issues confronting contemporary society, such as science, technology, capitalism, and value systems, this iteration shines a spotlight on
2024.05.16
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Artist Nosik Lim: Paintings Traces of Sensations Collected Through Bodily Experience
Nosik Lim (b. 1989) creates paintings that translate moments perceived, felt, and captured through the body onto the canvas. The artist states that his geographical background has had the greatest influence on his practice. His paintings begin with a process of retracing everyday spaces tied to personal memories, including places from his childhood.
2025.07.07
Exhibitions
《META PICS》, 2018.09.05 - 2018.10.13, UARTSPACE
《META PICS》 is a mixed word with ‘META’ and ‘PICS’. ‘META’ means ‘Picture about Pictures’, and ‘PICS’ is an abbreviation of ‘Pictures’, including ‘Photos’ and ‘Images’. By the early 20th century, the camera acted as a tool to represent a real life and the photo was considered as a substitute for an actual object.
2018.09.03
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[Critique] ROLLlNG FOG: Memories of things which never were
My first encounter with Sunny Kim’s ‘Girls in Uniform’ series was from her 2001 Gallery Sagan exhibition. At the time, her work, which mostly originated from documentary sources suggestive of standardized types, was transformed to deliver an artificial formality akin to graphic images.
2010
Exhibitions
《Learning Machine》, 2013.06.27. - 2013.10.16, Nam June Paik Art Center
《The Learning Machine》 exhibition which was inspired by the educational implications of ‘art as experience’ created by Fluxus artists in the 1960s is intended to show ‘art’ as a field of teaching and learning. These artists experimented in a new relationship between ‘an artist creating experiences’
2013.06.25
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[Critique] On Living and Disappearing: Lee Gapchul
Lee Gapchul is a fortunate photographer. He is one of the rare artists whose work is deeply understood by a wide audience. When his photography began opening toward a singular world in the 1980s, he was already sharing a poor yet passionate life with fellow artists in a dark room in Seongnam, and his work was never ignored by critics.
2007
