the senses ; interactive perception
DESCRIPTION
Korean contemporary exhibition presented by HADA Contemporary in London.TRANSCRIPT
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THE SENSES ; INTERACTIVE PERCEPTION
Although at first they may seem very different, the three ar tists included in the present exhibition share in their works a common denominator. Bae Joonsung, Hong Sungchul and Cha Jongrye have developed distinctive ar tistic languages, which encourage a dynamic experience from the viewer. Developing concepts touched by both Optical and Kinetic Ar t, this young generation of Korean ar tists creates socially engaged works that in their own unique way bridge the gap between Western and Eastern figuration.The ar tists’ aim is to understand how the viewers perceive, remember and interact with their creations, to explore the internal mental processes that originate when these ar tworks are enjoyed. In this sense, using a term borrowed from psychology, one could venture to define this as “Cognitive Ar t”. The ar tworks need to be felt besides being watched and observed therefore establishing a fruitful interaction between the senses and the materials. One has to enter into a physical communication with the objects on display. This is even more evident in the previous series of works by Bae Joonsung, where the ar tist, instead of using the device of the lenticular lens, painted directly onto transparent acrylic plastic films, which, laid on the photograph’s surface, were meant to be drawn aside by the viewer in order to completely reveal the underlying composition. Contrary to Kinetic Ar t, which depends on the motion of its elements for its effects, these works – which are clearly static – depend on the movement of the observer. They have to be viewed from different angles, to be walked around in order to be fully appreciated. One has to move, change position and perspective to reveal the Asian female nudes lurking under Bae Joonsung’s lenticular lenses or to see the 3-D images printed on Hong Sungchul’s strings. Cha Jongrye’s compositions on the other hand, though motionless because of their medium – i.e. carved wood – have nonetheless a strong dynamic character. The swirling shapes protruding from the background resemble the movements of fluid lava or the natural shapes of limestone stalactites and stalagmites. Moreover Cha Jongrye’s modular compositions, made of geometric grids and organic forms, stimulate a new spatial awareness in the viewer, who gets almost sucked into the carved panels.
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CHA JONGRYE ( b .1968)
Cha focuses on the dialectical relationship between wood and land, material and nature on the surface of her sculptures. There is a sense of poise and connectedness within the allotted spaces of these forms. Each component of the whole is masterfully carved to create part of a larger modular work reminiscent of an elaborate puzzle or topographical contour map. The relationship between each convoluted shape offers a poetic and strangely surreal vision of space and energy giving a conceptual clarity, which properly situates her within the context of environmentalism.
Born in 1968, Cha Jongrye completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Ewha University.
Expose, exposed 091010 | wood | 72 x 72 x 10 cm | 2009 (below)
Expose, exposed 110905 | wood | 140 x 140 x 30 cm | 2011 (right)
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HONG SUNGCHUL ( b .1969)
Hong Sung Chul, using various media and modern technology, prompts interaction and performance from his viewers. Communicating the deep desire for human contact within society, his works never fully reveal themselves initially and exude a ghostly quality whereby the visual sense is questioned. The viewer must abandon reliance on their eyes alone and use their bodies and voices to prompt cooperation with the work. Stripping away the isolating experience traditionally encountered within ar t galleries, Hong initiates a dialogue with and between viewers, instilling the sense of community prised in Korean culture. Hong’s current body of work revives his string concept – a visual representation of what ties humans together from the earliest stage of life – the umbilical chord. These strings, upon which an image is printed, are staggered in his works and interlace to reveal a final representation – one of support or loneliness.
Born in 1969, Hong Sungchul completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Hongik University in Seoul before finishing another M.F.A in Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts.
Str ing Mirror_hvbody_0291 (above)pr int on elastic str ings in a steel frame102 x 80 x 14 cm | 2009
Str ing_hands_0014 (left)pr int on elastic str ings in a steel frame50 x 80 x 8 cm | 2011
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String_hands_0246 | p
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BAE JOONSUNG ( b .1967)
The series ‘The Costume of the Painter’ was his iconic work, in which he painted on to transparent acrylic films. These films need to flip up and down, through manual interaction by the viewer, to reveal Asian female nudes underneath the painted film. He appropriates old master paintings and contextualises the original impression and his pastiche. Since 2006, the introduction of lenticular lens in his work made this viewing experience effortless. The most recent series of paintings are titled ‘The Museum’ and Bae Joonsung has emphasized the theme of relativity; the viewer and being viewed by placing his work in the multi-perspective environment of Museums.
Born in 1967, Bae completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Seoul National University.
The Costume of Painter - kotkkoji girls | lenticular | 80 x 120 cm | 2011
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The Costume of Painter - Phantom in the Painting, J .S.Sargent white dress hnlenticular and oil on canvas | 194 x 130 cm | 2011
The Costume of Painter - Phantom of Museum Pa , Whistler white dress hn lenticular and oil on canvas | 194 x 130 cm | 2011
The Costume of Painter - Shadow on the wall As , camera woman oil and lenticular on canvas | 162 x 112 cm | 2010
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BIOGRAPHY BAE JOONSUNG (b1967)
EDUCATION
2000 M.F.A., Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
1990 B.F.A., Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 The Costume of Painter, Ar t Seasons, Singapore
2009 The Costume of Painter, Severance Ar t Space, Seoul
2007 The Museum, Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul
2006 The Costume of Painter, Gallery Touchar t, Heyri Ar t Valley
The Costume of Painter, Canvas International Ar t Gallery,
Amsterdam
The Costume of Painter, Lotte Avenuel Department Store, Seoul
2004 The Costume of Painter, Paik Haeyoung Gallery, Seoul
2003 The Costume of Painter-Travel with C.Lacroix,
Daelim Contemporary Ar t Museum, Seoul
2002 The Costume of Painter, Museum of Beaux-Arts, Tours, France
2000 Naming, Gallery IHN, Seoul
1997 Naming, Sal Gallery, Seoul
1996 Impression of Books and Paintings, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Fashion into ar t, Plateau Gallery, Seoul
A Glocal View – Korean Contemporary Ar t,
Uppsala ar tmuseum, Sweden
38°N Snow South : Korean Contemporary Ar t,
Gallery Charlotte Lund, Stockholm
2010 Korean Eye – Fantastic Ordinary, The Ar t House, Singapore
Korean Collective London, Alebemarle Gallery, London
Korean Eye – Fantastic Ordinary, Saatchi Gallery, London
Multi Effect , Gallery IHN, Seoul
2009 Ar t & Techne , Jeju Museum of Ar t, Jeju
Ingres and the moderns, Musee Ingres in Montauban, France
3rd Play and Magnificence-, Moran Museum of Ar t, Kyungkido
The Still: Logical Conversation, Gallery Hyundai Gangnam, Seoul
From Yeonhui-dong, YHD Projects, Seoul
2008 Daegu Textile Art Documenta 2008, Daegu Culture Art Hall, Daegu
Ar tists, What is Science for you?, KAIST, Daejeon
Yongduck Lee & Joonsung Bae, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Zurich
First Step: New Art From Korea, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Beijing
2007 Wonder Land, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
The Edge of Sensation, Simon Gallery, Seoul
Ar t Amsterdam, Gallery Skape, Amsterdam
2006 Photo Show 1010 06, Gana Ar t Center, Seoul
Now Korea, Canvas International Ar t Gallery, Amsterdam
2005 3rd Frieze Ar t Fair, Regent’s Park, London
15th Anniversary Special Exhibition 86, Kumho Museum, Seoul
2004 Frieze Ar t Fair, Regents Park, London
Extensions, John Chelsea Ar t Center, New York
Atelier Repor t, Savina Museum, Seoul
2003 Tradition & Innovation ll, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Crossing 2003: Korea/Hawaii, The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii
Hiddening / Reaveling, Kwangju Civic Museum, Kwangju, Korea
1993 to 2002 : Par ticipated in over 70 group exhibitions
The Costume of Painter - Sti l l Life with books in bookcase lenticular | 171.6 X 120 cm | 2011
CHA JONGRYE (b1968) HONG SUNGCHUL (b1969)
EDUCATION
1992 B,F,A in Sculpture Ewha Women’s University
1996 M,F,A in Sculpture Ewha Women’s University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 The 6th Solo Exhibition, Ever Harvest Gallery, Taiwan
The 5th SoloExhibition, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul
2008 The 4th Solo Exhibition, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.
2007 The 3rd Solo Exhibition, Gallery Goanhun, Seoul
2004 The 2nd Solo Exhibition, Gallery Ar tside, Seoul
1999 The 1st Solo Exhibition, Gallery Dyukwon, Seoul
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Ar t Road 77, Lee&Park Gallery
2010 Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, KEPCO Art Center
Ar t Beacon in Lotte Hotel, Hotel Lotte
Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Moon Gallery, Hong Kong
Magamnews Installation Exhibition, Paju
FACT, R.Mutt Gallery-U.K
Ar ts and Crafts Collaboration, Icheon World Ceramic Center
2009 Korean Aesthetics, Albemarle Gallery, London
Aesthetic of material, Gallery 4W
Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Ewah, Seoul
7 Things I want to know about Ar t, Icheon Ar t Hall
2008 Living Design Fair, Designer’s Choice – COEX,
Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Station of Yeoncheon
Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Ewah, Seoul
2007 Korea-India Ar t Exchange, India-New Delhi
2006 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Urim timber-mill, Seoul
2005 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Middle School
Songun Great Function, Museum of Seoul ar t center, Seoul
Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Dos, Seoul
‘Hello’ Exhibition, Gallery Chang
‘Seeing with the hear t’ Exhibition, Gallery Jungdong Kyunghyang
2004 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Selak Resor t
Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery PICI, Seoul
‘The temptation of space’ Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai
Depar tment store
2003 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Muui Island
Korean Women’s Fine Ar t Association Exhibition,
Gongpyeong Ar t Center, Seoul
Ewha Sculpture Association Exhibition, Gallery Goanhun, Seoul
Yangpyeong Ar tist’ Association Exhibition,
Yangpyeong Ar t Center
2002 Deulmok Association Exhibition, Gallery Agio
Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Ansung
1992~2001 Par ticipated in 20 Group Exhibitions
EDUCATION
2001 M.F.A., Integrated Media, California Institute of the Ar ts, CA
1996 M.F.A., Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul
1994 B.F. A., Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Les mains déFILent Les yeux FILent, Galerie Orem, Paris, France
Solid but Fluid, YHD Projects, Seoul
2008 Anxiety and Dynamics of Incompleteness, Kring, Seoul
2007 Perceptual Mirror, Gallery IHN, Seoul
Youngeun Ar tist Relay_Sungchu Hong, Youngeun Museum of
Contemporary Ar t, Gyeonggido Kwangju
2002 RGB_SHOW, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul
2001 String Tongue, CalAr ts, LA
2000 White Cube, CalAr ts, LA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Double Democracy, ar tGwangju, Korea
Korean Collective Basel 2011, hall33, Basel, Switzerland
2010 Korea tomorrow, SETEC, Seoul, Korea
Korean Collective London 2010, Albemarlegallery, London, UK
Hong sungdo, Hong Sungchul, Erhard Witzel Gallery, Germany
Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Kwangju, Korea
Man Ray & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea
2009 From Yeonhui-dong, YHD Projects, Seoul
The Magic of Photography, Hanmi photo Museum, Seoul
Shooting Image, KOEX, Seoul
2008 Unusual One, Lobby of Hana Bank Head Office, Seoul
Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008,
National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Gwacheon
Your Mind’s Eye_Digital Spectrum, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul
Youngeun 2008 Residency & Open Studio, Youngeun Museum
of Contemporary Ar t, Gyeonggido Kwangju
First Step: New Art from Korea, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Beijing
2007 Mutual Induction, KTF Gallery the Orange, Seoul
Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul
Look & See, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul
2006 Soft Landing- 7 Ar tists Meet BMW, CAIS Gallery, Seoul
EHS project, Sejong Center, Seoul
2005 R-mutation, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul
Between, Contemporary Ar t Museum of Hongik University
Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgar t, Stuttgar t
Issues of Criticism, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul
2004 Contemporary Ar t Video & Installation, Daegu Ar t Center
Soul & Bowl, Gallery IHN, Seoul
Alternative Realities, EMAF, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul
2003 Fake & Fantasy, Ar t Center Nabi, Seoul
I, You, Us, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul
2002 Seoul International Media Ar t Biennale, Seoul Museum of Ar t
Alchemy, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul
2001 Peer, Gallery 825, LA
Immediate Distance, Main Gallery, CalAr ts, LA
1994 to 2001 : Par ticipated in over 18 group exhibitions.
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This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SENSESBAE JOONSUNGCHA JONGRYEHONG SUNGCHUL
7 - 29 OCTOBER 2011
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