Kim Sujin, 가끔 이상할 때,
2025, Oil on canvas, 100x80.3cm ©VIVIAN CHOI
GALLERYVIVIAN CHOI
GALLERY presents 《Veil Undrawn》, a three-person exhibition
featuring artists Kim Sujin, Seona Jeong, and YoungSeo Jung, on view through
July 26.
The
exhibition explores the ambivalent psychology of our contemporary era—shaped by
the indiscriminate consumption and infinite expansion of images on social
media—through the perspectives of three Korean women artists born in the 1990s.
Focusing on the subtle boundaries between surface and depth, the show reflects
on how digital culture shapes perception and emotion in nuanced, often
contradictory ways.
Seona Jeong, Fenster Series 1,
2, 3, 4, 2023, Oil, mixed media on canvas, each 20x20cm. 건강, 2024,
Oil, mixed media on canvas, 30x24cm. 행복,
2024, Oil, mixed media on canvas, 30x24cm. ©VIVIAN CHOI
GALLERY《Veil Undrawn》 sheds light on the psychological ambivalence of our times—between
material abundance and emotional emptiness, between the sense of belonging and
isolation fostered by social media, and the shifting modes of image consumption
in the age of AI—through the unique perspectives of three artists born in the
1990s.
Living and
working across Korea, Germany, and their respective surroundings, Kim Sujin,
Seona Jeong, and YoungSeo Jung explore the subtle emotional undercurrents of
contemporary life. Using distinct compositional strategies and original
techniques, each artist captures these fleeting sensibilities through everyday
subjects, expanding familiar scenes and objects beyond their surface meanings
into more layered psychological spaces.
YoungSeo Jung, Poised
1, 2025, Oil on canvas, 60.6x40.9cm ©VIVIAN CHOI
GALLERYThe works
presented by the artists deliberately exclude clear narrative cues that might
reveal the circumstances, locations, or emotional states of the figures
depicted. It is often impossible to determine whether the places or characters
in their images are drawn from real life or borrowed and recombined from social
media. Despite the highly realistic visual language, these images are stripped
of explicit narratives, resisting direct messaging or emotional coercion.
By cropping
out the central subjects and instead highlighting peripheral elements, the
artists invite viewers to engage with the work through their own interpretive
lens. Rather than reinforcing fixed meanings or universal perspectives, they
leave the "veil undrawn," allowing hidden stories and alternate
contexts to emerge organically through personal contemplation.
Participating
Artists: Kim
Sujin, Seona Jeong, YoungSeo Jung
