Installation view of 《The
figurative is not the exception but the rule》 ©HITE Collection. Photo by Eun Chun.HITE
Collection presents its 2025 spring exhibition 《The figurative is not the exception but the rule》 on view through July 26.
This
exhibition challenges the persistent assumption—even in the 21st century, after
countless discourses on painting—that figuration is merely a representational
residue. Instead, it asserts that figuration is not a remnant of representation
but a condition for the emergence of sensation, a necessary passage through
which painting activates sensory experience.
Installation view of 《The
figurative is not the exception but the rule》 ©HITE Collection. Photo by Eun Chun.The
participating artists do not approach figuration merely as the depiction of a
person or an object’s appearance. Instead, they present it as a clue to
fragmented memory, as a boundary where language and the body intersect, and as
a signifier of objectified emotions. Through their paintings, they seek to
demonstrate that figuration is not the finalized form of an image, but rather a
structure and an event—one that composes sensation and evokes unease.
Participating
Artists: Mackerel
Safranski, Yukako Kondo, Sunny Kim, Gwangsoo Park, Jongho Park, Jisan Ahn,
Yooyun Yang, Dong Hyuk Lee, Jaeseok Lee, Nosik Lim, Suejin Chung
