BB&M presents 《SEESAW》, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Sikyung Sung, among the most talented of the young generation of Korean painters working today.

As suggested by the title, 《SEESAW》, the exhibition reveals the artist working through the dualities and contradictions arising from the act of painting in an age of instant and infinite iteration of images. If “SEE” represents what is unknown and thus more open, less controlled, without limits — an immediate expectancy — then “SAW” refers to what is known, already seen, exerting control and limits — a distant expectation.

The oil paintings presented this time were created through a constant oscillation between spontaneity and control, just as the title—formed by combining two opposing words—suggests. In these oil on canvas works, meandering aleatory lines and expressive gestural brushstrokes move across swathes of color and impastoed patches, by turns intentional and intuitive, colliding and converging, layers subsumed under layers, opacity and translucence alternating with restless, exhilarating energy.

As we rapidly enter an era of automated image production without human intervention, painting—one of the oldest forms of visual art—remains a timeless and fundamental challenge for each new generation of artists. Despite the recurring discourse of crisis in contemporary art history, Sikyung Sung continues to explore the world of abstract painting, a genre that retains a powerful resonance, expressing its formal purity through his own distinctive visual language.

“SEESAW”
2025.05.17 - 2025.06.28
Tue-Sat 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
BB&M
10, Seongbuk-ro 23-gil, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea