Installation view of 《Floating
World: Bed, Bath, Bus》 ©Sehwa Museum of ArtSehwa
Museum of Art presents a group exhibition 《Floating World: Bed,
Bath, Bus》 on view through June 29.
The exhibition brings us face-to-face with
the many facets of the world upon which our bodies stand and live. The world is
multifaceted and intricate, shaped through the knowledge and customs
accumulated by humans and layered with complex systems. Reality, which unfolds
before our eyes through multiple layers, does not appear as the Real itself.
Instead, it manifests as a mixture of illusion and fiction, irrationality and
illogic.
Visual signs, symbols, and images—hidden or
suddenly captured in every corner of reality—are processed through the
practices of contemporary artists and intermingle in this exhibition, opening
up spaces for thought by traversing the boundaries between resemblance and
difference from the real world.
Installation view of 《Floating
World: Bed, Bath, Bus》 ©Sehwa Museum of Art《Floating World: Bed, Bath, Bus》 endeavors to delve into the ambiguity of the world, a complex and
delicate state that defies neat division or segmentation. Each artist’s
distinct imagination loosely unravels the complex layers of reality.
Encountering the works of Korean artists Myeongbeom Kim, Raejung Sim, Jisan
Ahn, Leebinsoyeon, Sungeun Chang, Kyungwoo Chun, and Sun Woo, alongside
international artists Issy Wood, Laure Prouvost, and Piper Bangs, visitors will
come across worlds explored through curiosity and doubt.
The museum chose this as the exhibition’s
subtitle, hoping for moments of escape from the mundane. Moments of release are
embedded within our repetitive daily lives. In the midst of trying to sleep, to
wash, or to move from place to place, a transcendent force begins to
surface—one that casts a new light on reality and gestures toward its
reconfiguration.
Installation view of 《Floating
World: Bed, Bath, Bus》 ©Sehwa Museum of ArtAmid actions and places that spark
unexpected ideas, we carry the potential to drift toward another, floating
world. In 《Floating World: Bed, Bath, Bus》, the images that permeate one another traverse the complex terrain
of reality, guiding us toward new sensations and ways of thinking. This
exhibition provides an opportunity to momentarily depart from the fixed
hierarchies of reality—rejecting and crossing through them—to open up space for
unfettered imagination.
Participating Artists: Myeongbeom Kim, Raejung Sim, Jisan Ahn, Leebinsoyeon, Sungeun
Chang, Kyungwoo Chun, Sun Woo, Issy Wood, Laure Prouvost, Piper Bangs
