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Artist Heejae Lim: On the Desire to Grasp the Living
Heejae Lim (b. 1993) explores the concept of nature as an image mediated and processed through painting. In particular, she discovers within the act of specimen-making—the human attempt to touch and possess nature—the painter’s own desire and dilemma, which she investigates through her pictorial practice.
2025.12.08
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Artist Hyojae Kim: Tracing the Fluid Body in the Digital Age of Being
Hyojae Kim (b. 1993), who works between Seoul and London, engages in multidisciplinary practice alongside ongoing research and writing. Her work explores the subtle boundaries where the body, memory, and identity intersect, tracing the imprints and transformations they leave behind across both physical and digital realms.
2025.06.09
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[Critique] Bloated Surfaces and Fragile Image Strategies
A spherical form made of steel is covered with sharp iron cones protruding like spikes, and on one side of it sits a rectangular image. Careful not to let one’s gaze be captured by the threatening cones jutting out as if they might pierce, one cautiously looks into the image and encounters a ray of light that appears to be an exit, seen within a cave or the ruins of a collapsed building.
2023
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《Submerged Serenity》, 2025.09.20 - 2025.10.18, Ingahee Gallery
《Submerged Serenity》 is a solo exhibition by Kim Shinwook, marking his return to Seoul after two years. Over the course of four years, the artist observed bitterling fish in a small tank by his studio window, documenting the cycle of hatching, growth from fry to adult, and spawning once again.
2025.09.18
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《New Mutant》, 2020.08.28 - 2020.09.13, Gana Art Center
Gana Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Ji Yongho(b. 1978 -) introducing the “New Mutant” series. Ji is mostly known for his ‘Mutant’ series of sculptures using waste tires. For the exhibition, he chose various media such as bronze, aluminum, and 3D printing based on computer technology
2020.08.26
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[Column] A Place Shaped by Art: Young In Hong’s Art of Women’s Labor
Recent works by Young In Hong, a Korean-born artist currently based in the United Kingdom, adopt anthropological themes and pluralistic genre formats. In particular, around the time she was selected as one of the four finalists for the Korea Artist Prize, jointly
2025.0609
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《Perceptual Mirror》, 2007.09.05 - 2007.09.21, Gallery IHN
Hong Sungchul’s solo exhibition will be held at Gallery IHN in Palpan-dong for 17 days, from September 5 to 21. Hong is an emerging artist who gained attention earlier this year at the 《ARCO Art Fair》 in Spain,
2007.09.03
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The Art of Curing by Artist Yeesookyung
Yeesookyung (b. 1963) has worked across a diverse range of mediums, including painting, installation, sculpture, performance, video, and drawing, all of which encapsulate historical and cultural contexts.
2024.09.17
