[Exhibition of the Week] Suji Lee & Seongjun Hong Duo Exhibition 'I.F.O.U.F.O.' · Guroe Invitational Exhibition 'All about love' etc.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] ▲ Guroe Solo Exhibition 'All about love' = Seochon TYA is holding a solo exhibition by artist Guroe titled 'All about love' until the 23rd. This exhibition is the third in the 'TYA Young Artists Special Invitation Exhibition,' featuring four young artists: Choi Sangrak, Gwak Sooyoung, Guroe, and Jo Eunshi.

Guroe 'Us in the Flowers'
[Photo by Seochon TYA]

Guroe is an artist who moved from China to Korea and continues his work here. The central theme of his work is 'love.' He focuses on love in its instinctive and primal state, before it becomes entangled with complex social and political powers. This perspective encourages reconsideration of the love experienced by people with diverse sexual identities in a society where heteronormative views on romantic relationships are taken for granted.

Queer individuals simply express the feeling of love they experience, but society does not easily accept their love and pushes it to the margins. Therefore, the artist draws attention back to the various forms of love marginalized by society, showing the broad spectrum that love encompasses. In the exhibition, the artist discusses the existence of diverse loves and offers the audience a time to embrace the diversity of love. The exhibition runs until the 23rd at Seochon TYA, Jahamun-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Lee Suji, IFO (40.691 N -73.963 W, 21, 03). [Photo by Page Room 8]

▲ Suji Lee and Seongjun Hong Two-Person Exhibition 'I.F.O.U.F.O.' = Page Room 8 presents a two-person exhibition 'I.F.O.U.F.O.' by artists Suji Lee and Seongjun Hong until March 5. Photographer Suji Lee and painter Seongjun Hong faithfully utilize the artistic methods specific to their genres, yet paradoxically raise fundamental questions about the inherent concepts of these genres. The exhibition title 'I.F.O.U.F.O.' is borrowed from Lee’s photographic series ‘I.F.O. (Identified Flying Object)’ and refers to the attitude and tone both artists take in confronting their respective media of photography and painting. The unexpected wit and reversal emerging from the juxtaposition of the artists’ personal concepts of genre and their outcomes are termed ‘U.F.O. (Unidentified Flying Object).’ The gap between the recognizable and the unrecognizable becomes a special experience traversing reality and surrealism, illusion and existence, serving as an artistic humor directly linked to the artists’ attitudes.

Suji Lee’s ‘I.F.O.’ series was inspired by the actually unidentifiable flying object ‘U.F.O.’ The series aims to document reality as it is by suspending recognizable objects in the air and capturing them momentarily at night on medium format film. Seongjun Hong approaches painting with the theme of ‘shell’ and ‘surface,’ utilizing the physical properties of acrylic paint to create stickers that can be attached to any object’s surface and stacking paint skins to build towers of various sizes for display.

Both artists approach their work as travelers rather than observers, closely integrating their daily lives and experiences into the creative process, maintaining their own sense of wit and interest. This exhibition offers the audience a contemporary glimpse into how artistic practice and attitude themselves are being constructed as a genre. The exhibition runs until March 5 at Page Room 8, Bukchon-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Calum Glover Solo Exhibition 'THE SCRIBBLED LINE IS LIFE'
[Photo by Roy Gallery]

▲ Callum Glover Solo Exhibition 'THE SCRIBBLED LINE IS LIFE' = Roy Gallery is hosting a solo exhibition by artist Kingscribbler until March 5. Callum Glover (Kingscribbler) has developed his unique style since 1997, showcasing a world of work focused on doodle-like lines that he taught himself. Having lived and worked in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Nova Scotia in Canada, and Lithuania, he currently works in Seoul. The artist describes his approach to art as "ultimately mastering artistic imperfection."

In his work, the artist incorporates textures from the streets, paint-corroded walls, and other everyday objects. Doodleexpressionism represents his style, guiding viewers through an intuitive approach to a place that is comfortable yet sometimes unsettling. Just as the notepad beside the telephone once made all of us artists, he brings the lines he drew as a child onto the canvas.

In this exhibition, the artist presents 27 representative works. During the exhibition period, an open studio program will be held where the artist will paint live. The exhibition runs until March 5 at Roy Gallery, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

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