LEE BUL "EVERY NEW SHADOW"
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain PARIS November 16, 2007 to January 27, 2008
Lee Bul, one of the leading Korean artists of her generation, will present an ambitious new sculptural installation at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris. Variously suspended in mid-air or anchored to the floor, the sculptures constitute a singular environment that engages with the surrounding Jean Nouvel architecture, inhabiting and elaborating on its physical and conceptual frameworks. Complex and sensuous, the artist's installation manifests the disintegration of utopian aspirations that continue to haunt the collective imagination in a darkly seductive space of glittering ruins and vestiges.
Lee Bul
Chun, Sung-Myung received his B.F.A and M.F.A from Suwon University. His 6th solo exhibition "Swallowing the Shadow" was held at Gallery SUN contemporary, 5th solo exhibition "Hang Under Moonlight" was held at Gallery Sang, Seoul at 2005. He has participated in ARCO 2007, Art Rotterdam 2007, Busan Biennale 2006 and Gwangju Biennale 2000 as well as various group shows. Recently, he has opened his shop "chunsungmyungin" to exhibit and merchandise his artworks in pursuit of build up new space which has differ business methods with galleries.
Swallowing The Shadow(detail), variable dimension, mixed media, 2006
Swallowing The Shadow(detail), variable dimension, mixed media, 2006
Love & Faith, 2005 Chinese ink and color on paper - Screen type 133 x 94cm
Seo paints Oriental painting with Chinese ink and color on paper. However, she doesn't stay in the old and traditional way of painting; she invents her own way of contemporary Oriental painting. By using traditional medium such as Chinese ink and paper, she paints landscape painting described by graceful lines, voluminous feelings and the beauty of space. In addition to this, she paints human character which has face of herself and puts this human figure into everywhere in the painting like between trees or on the rocks. The human figure looks like a mountain wizard from an ancient story, and it is actually herself. Seo is playing and enjoying surroundings around her in the painting like a real mountain wizard who lives in the deep in the mountain. The face expression of hers is exaggerated in the painting with a big mouth showing many teeth and a big face. Such way of expressive representation shows how fun is an idyllic life. The paintings of Seo, therefore, show that Seo becomes a wizard of mountain and enjoys landscape and an idyllic life without any worries or troubles.
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