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[Critique] About ‘Golden Paintings, Bodily Shouting out Love’
Color is by far the most conspicuous element of a painting, or any work of art liable to be ‘hanged on a wall’. However Changkon Lim’s paintings have none of that. By ‘none’ I do not mean the nonexistence of color, but the singleness of color used by the artist.
2022
Exhibitions
“Rehearsing Transformation” on View Through June 7, 2026, at Incheon Art Platform
Incheon Art Platform presents a special exhibition 《Rehearsing Transformation》 on view through June 7. Rehearsing Transformation is an exhibition centered on contemporary sculpture that explores changes in the body, material, and modes of creation and production under the theme of “transformation.” Here, “transformation” refers not to a finished result, but to the process through which forms are made and continually shift into other states.
2026.04.07
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Artist JOO SLA: On Sensations Arising in Moments of Dimensional Shift
JOO SLA (b. 1988) has long been interested in subcultural forms such as comics and animation, as well as in fictional world-building grounded in aspects of reality. Working across diverse media—including animation, 3D sculpture, and two-dimensional works—she explores points where boundaries between the virtual and the real, the material and the immaterial, become entangled and collide, through processes of dimensional transition, fragmentation, and recomposition.
2026.04.27
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“Within and Without” on View Through June 28, 2026, at Gyeongnam Art Museum
Gyeongnam Art Museum presents the exhibition 《Within and Without》 through June 28. Today, as our bodies, memories, and modes of survival have undergone rapid transformation, the forms of community that once defined us can no longer fully account for our lives. We now find ourselves in a position to reco
2026.04.21
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《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV》, 2022.03.29 – 2022.08.07, Busan Museum of Art
The Busan Museum of Art has organized the 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist》 exhibition series to introduce artists positioned at key points within contemporary Korean art. The fourth edition in 2022, 《Highlighting Korean Contemporary Artist IV – Hyungkoo Lee》, presents the world of Hyungkoo Lee, an artist who continues to explore the theme of the ‘body’ through his original sculptural language.
2022.03.28
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《Faint Afterglow》, 2023.01.11 – 2023.02.18, Gallery Baton
Gallery Baton presents 《Faint Afterglow》, a group exhibition of works by 9 artists from the Korea and abroad from 11th January to 18th February 2023 in Hannam-dong, Seoul. The primary value of works that artists produce is related to self-introspection regardless of how they appear. It can be intense visual recollections stemming from past
2023.01.10
Exhibitions
《Lee Inhyeon》, 2003.09.17 - 2003.09.30, Gallery Rho
We are pleased to present an exhibition of Lee Inhyeon’s works at Roh Gallery. Known for applying deep blue pigment to thick canvases through his own distinctive method, Lee has continuously developed the series titled ‘L’episteme of Painting’ for over a decade. In this solo exhibition, he introduces works produced through a newly evolved approach.
2003.09.15
