A Modern Interpretation of Cave Painting Sensibility... Seoul Auction Hosts Choi Ulga Solo Exhibition

Until the 24th at Seoul Auction Gangnam Center Basement 1st Floor

An exhibition has been organized where visitors can experience artistic expression as play, evoking pure emotions.

Seoul Auction is holding a solo exhibition of Western painter Choi Ulga until the 24th on the basement first floor of the Gangnam Center. Provided by Seoul Auction

On December 5, Seoul Auction announced that it is holding a solo exhibition of Western painter Choi Ulga on the basement first floor of the Gangnam Center until the 24th. The exhibition features 29 of the artist's works, which are inspired by cave paintings and rendered on canvas with primitive colors.

The artist expresses the pure emotions and desires of pre-civilization-where no hierarchy or order exists-through flat forms that exclude perspective, images that move between figuration and abstraction, and the chaotic arrangement of cryptic symbols.

The main exhibit, "Brooklyn Toy-2 series [B.Toy 002]," offers a concentrated view of the artist's creative world. Depicting childhood motifs such as a fishbowl, puppy, liquor bottle, and flowers in a doodle-like manner, this work invites viewers into the pure emotions that existed before civilization.

In addition to paintings, the exhibition also presents sculptures and media mix works. The fox featured in the sculpture "Fox - Yellow [Wounds Heal]" represents an artist-type person who compromises wisely, as well as a human figure who is constantly hesitant and troubled. The artist placed a clock inside the sculpture to depict a person endowed with a sensibility more ideal than reality.

A representative from Seoul Auction stated, "Choi Ulga's works are freely composed without set rules, from color to subject matter to arrangement, prompting viewers to recall the innocence of childhood. We hope this exhibition will be an opportunity to appreciate Choi Ulga’s unique visual language, which blends the primal energy of cave paintings with a modern sensibility."

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