[Exhibitions of the Week] Oh Byungjae Solo Exhibition 'Connected Points' · An Sohyun Solo Exhibition 'Infinite Wind' and More

Editor's NoteThis week's exhibitions summarize and introduce a variety of attractive exhibitions that can be seen nationwide over the course of one week.

▲ Sohyun An Solo Exhibition 'Sumuhan Baram (Infinite Wind)' = Doing Art presents the solo exhibition 'Sumuhan Baram' by artist Sohyun An.

Time Leapt Over_145.5x89.4cm_oil on canvas_2023. [Photo by Doing Art]

The artist gifts viewers with moments of rest and relaxation sought through her work. The canvas contains clear air and warm energy. The light filling everyday scenes and the felt breeze give us brightness and purity, enabling even drowsy imagination.

The artist mainly discovers wind on walking paths in her neighborhood and sometimes in imaginary travels taken via maps. For example, the green fields spread out along a ranch trail visited in summer, the rural village with giant cumulus clouds resembling rooftops, the neighborhood dyed in sunset hues, exotic houses with interesting color combinations found through street view maps in distant lands never actually visited, and the curious scenes inside rooms glimpsed through fluttering curtains in those houses?all ordinary scenes, yet the gaze upon them carries gentle ripples.

Clouds of Songhyeon-ri #2 348x242mm_oil on canvas_2023. [Photo by Doing Art]

The small wind in the landscape gently brushes everything in the world, entering the viewer and making things infinite. The invisible wind soothes each invisible heart. The wind, whose origin and destination are unknown, and our hearts may perhaps be one and the same.

How is today's world passing by? What am I, you, and we doing? Sometimes it seems as if everything is frozen in place, yet in a world changing daily, the artist shows the audience moments of finding fascination and peace by observing small changes. The exhibition runs until November 10 at Doing Art, Nambusunhwan-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul.

▲ Byungjae Oh Solo Exhibition 'Connected Perspectives' = Pyo Gallery hosts Byungjae Oh's solo exhibition 'Connected Perspectives'.

Oh Byungjae, 'Patterned Intellectual Image - Unexpected Man', 2023, Acrylic on Linen [Photo courtesy of Pyo Gallery]

Through his work, the artist presents a unique perspective and artistic approach to the world, offering deep reflections on social structures and human relationships. His works transcend the boundaries of art to show a world where diverse viewpoints and thoughts coexist, providing audiences with new perspectives and ways of thinking.

The works are filled with intense colors without shading, reflecting the artist's life. The greatest influence is the artist's painting lineage. His grandfather is Jiho Oh, and his father is Seungyun Oh. From the dawn of Korean modernism, painters Jiho Oh and Seungyun Oh contemplated the harmony between Koreanness and universality. Jiho Oh's pursuit of Korean impressionism and Seungyun Oh's use of Obangsaek (five traditional Korean colors) are believed to have greatly influenced the colors filling the artist's canvases.

His works, created on the demanding medium of linen with no tolerance for even 1mm of error, embody effort and contemplation. They represent the diversity of relationships and interactions among people, and the ordinary elements depicted act not as simple objects but as social symbols.

Patterned Place.
Photo by Pyo Gallery

His artistic expression treats relationships and social structures not as mere depictions but as artistic expressions, offering opportunities to reinterpret and understand elements we once took for granted in our surroundings.

The artist's 'Pattern Painting' work expresses these ordinary objects in unique forms, transcending simple design to evoke artistic sensibility. His works richly embody diverse perspectives and thoughts through art, challenging us to view our daily lives and society from new angles. The exhibition runs until November 11 at Pyo Gallery, Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Jang Hee-jin, folded tint, 2023, Acrylic gouache, gel on modeling made canvas. [Photo by Lina Gallery]

▲ Heejin Jang, Yoonjung Choi 'Color Temperature' = Lina Gallery presents the two-person exhibition 'Color Temperature' by artists Heejin Jang and Yoonjung Choi. The two participating artists visualize everyday experiences in the form of abstract painting. Abstract painting is divided into 'hot abstraction' and 'cold abstraction.' 'Cold abstraction' mainly consists of lines and planes, composed of geometric shapes and colors, while 'hot abstraction' conveys the artist's emotions and feelings on the canvas.

Since 2002, Heejin Jang has been presenting works under the theme 'IN-BETWEEN,' featuring canvases divided into various colors and planes. The artist's color plane division was discovered through the act and process of children folding colored paper. To the artist, children's folding of colored paper appeared as if 'acknowledging unpredictable results.' Furthermore, Jang explains adults and children through colors and tones: to her, colors and adults represent a predictable state regarding outcomes, while tones and children represent subjects with infinitely expandable possibilities.

Through the series, the artist continuously presents experimental approaches. Ultimately, she aims to show 'the original tone and space as structure, flowing surface undulations harmonizing with tinged tones and lyricism.' Her works evoke the feeling of 'cold abstract painting' based on points, lines, and planes.

Choi Yoon-jung, oneday.77, 2023, Oil on canvas, 15.8 x 15.8 cm
[Photo by Lina Gallery]

Yoonjung Choi captures shadows of spaces and objects found in personal daily life?shadows without fixed forms?on canvas. These spaces and objects originate from personal experiences. One day, she encountered shadows cast by sunlight filtering through trees and branches in a space she passed daily, along with shadows of trees swaying in the wind. The artist says, "It gave me a feeling as if visiting the place for the first time while also making me appreciate the preciousness of monotonously repeated daily life." Through this, the artist conveys that 'even in ordinary daily life repeated every day, there are no insignificant or unappreciated moments; like the sparkling lights around us, every moment trembles and shines.'

In the 'Folded Tint' series, the artist expresses personal experiences and emotions on canvas, hoping that viewers can also encounter 'warm comfort and drowsy rest' through calm and stable expression. This resembles hot abstract painting that conveys the artist's emotions and feelings on the canvas.

The exhibition offers an opportunity to appreciate abstract paintings originating from specific situations or emotions, providing time to focus on personal daily stories. The exhibition runs until November 18 at Lina Gallery, Nonhyeon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.