[Exhibition of the Week] Lee Ji-hyun 'Ryangmyeon Ryeongyeok', Moon Chae-won 'Too Innocent Words' and Others

Rakim, B_1, Digital C Print, 90x64cm, 2022.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] ▲Art Show: Rare Item Exhibition = The art show 'Rare Item' is an event organized to sell artworks as if they were market commodities. Thirty-one artists who have been active for a long time but have either rejected the art market or remained indifferent to it, and continue to work with detachment, have created artworks optimized for the art market and are exhibiting them. In the era of post-industrial sensibility, even our daily lives, bodies, emotions, and actions have already been commodified and colonized by capital.

The art show 'Rare Item' is an exhibition organized as an event to sell artworks as if they were market goods.

The market and commodities have shaped our experiences, emotions, and identities, fictionalizing and aestheticizing everyday life. The process by which daily life becomes art and commodities become artworks shows that the 'fictitious validity' of art is being replaced by the market and commodities. The exhibition runs until the 29th at 24-6 Apgujeong-ro 42-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Lee Ji-hyun, 生じる怪物 (Emerging Monster), oil on canvas, 73x54cm, 2022. Photo by Gallery Dos

▲Jihyun Lee ‘兩面 領域’ (Two-sided Territory) Exhibition = Selected for the 'Inner Space' planning competition, artist Jihyun Lee meticulously expresses the boiling sensory cells in her work. The transformation into lava that churns and boils, bursting out like flames, is truly dynamic. The densely layered depth toward the vanishing point and the distorted sensory masses lead one endlessly toward the starting point of sensation where wounds are being torn open. At the same time, it does not let the gaze rest in one place but encourages exploration of the surrounding areas.

Artist Lee Ji-hyun, selected for the "Inner Space" planning contest, meticulously expressed the boiling sensory cells in her work. The photo is the exhibition poster. Photo by Gallery Dos

The intense color touches on the canvas writhe and pulse on their own, recognized as playful and free acts in painting expression. The artist seeks to acknowledge existence by escaping the irrational act of embracing the illusory pain that entangles and erodes her. Through a series of processes in her work, she expresses her ego by exploding primal impulses and fantasies contained in the unconscious, gaining freedom of mind and body. The exhibition runs until the 19th at Gallery Dos, Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Moon Chae-won, Playing Dead, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 97x72.4cm. Photo by Exhibition Space Re:Flat

▲Chaewon Moon Solo Exhibition: Words So Innocent = Artist Chaewon Moon, who has focused on reinterpreting rules such as manuals, pays attention to signals that guide users in a predetermined direction, using various rules as the subject of her work?from emergency evacuation guides to regulations created for public welfare. We often grumble but do not refuse to follow given instructions because we believe that following the arrows drawn before us will lead to the desired outcome.

However, if some information is lost due to printing errors or one or two screws are missing, even a simple furniture assembly manual quickly loses its function. The operating mechanism of manuals, which are believed to achieve goals simply by following them, contains invisible flaws and errors like this. The artist questions the instructions for using lifeboats in emergencies () and reveals the irony of regulations created due to the pandemic. The artist presents situations where instructions lose their function and are actively mistranslated. The exhibition runs until the 30th at Exhibition Space Re:Flat, Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul.

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