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Artist Kwon Hyun Bhin: Envisioning Matter’s Hidden Time and Scenes
Kwon Hyun Bhin (b. 1991) is an artist who has developed a practice of discovering the sculptural potential of seemingly unremarkable landscapes encountered in nature through prolonged observation. Beginning with close attention to natural scenes that are taken for granted in everyday life, her work can be understood as a documentation of sustained looking—an accumulation of time spent gazing, contemplating, and remaining with what might otherwise pass unnoticed.
2026.01.05
Exhibitions
《Witches》, 2025.07.04 - 2025.07.20, space illi
《Witches》 summons the figure of the “witch” from myth, legend, and history as the name of the other. They are imagined as malevolent beings who cast curses upon their oppressors, creatures who traverse the night sky, worship the devil, and devour the hollow myth of motherhood.
2025.07.08
Activities
Paintings Descending from the Wall to the Floor, Surrounding the Viewer Like a Folding Screen
Many of the recent headlines shaking up the art world center around young artists. As artists in their 30s and 40s sign exclusive contracts with major international galleries or hold solo exhibitions at globally renowned museums—even those unfamiliar with art would recognize—the excitement grows that, much like the early days of K-pop, talented artists discovered in Korea may soon be at the center of the global art market.
2024.08.23
Exhibitions
《Whose Forest, Whose World》, 2024.01.30 – 2024.06.02, Daegu Art Museum
The Daegu Art Museum presents the 2024 Daegu Forum III, 《Whose Forest, Whose World》. Established in 2021 to commemorate the museum’s 10th anniversary and to set the foundation for the next decade, the "Daegu Forum" is a thematic exhibition series dedicated to in-depth exploration of contemporary issues.
2024.01.28
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[Critique] Sadang B: Young In Hong
‘Sadang’ means shrine but with a nod to the continuous, the title ‘Sadang B’ replaces a possible sense of the ultimate icon. The suggestion here is that Young In does not wish her exhibition to aim to function as the end of the subject or journey, but to be instead a mere participant in a series of actively asked questions.
2019
