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New Artists

Exhibitions “Nostalgics on realities” on View Through March 9, 2024, at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul presents the group exhibition “Nostalgics on realities” through March 9. Curated by Kim Sung woo, “Nostalgics on realities” presents new and recent work by six contemporary artists: Jesse Chun, Eugene Jung, Yongju Kwon, Minsun, Hwayeon Nam and Yooyun Yang. Following the three-person show “Myths of Our Time” in 2023, this group exhibition is the second at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul to focus solely on Korean artists, highlighting their diverse contributions to Korea’s thriving contemporary art scene.
2024.01.31
Exhibitions 《4 and one-half, knuckle》, 2021.11.18 – 2021.11.29, Art Space Hanchigak, Pyeongtaek 1. Two eyes. Two ears. One nose. One mouth. Two arms and two legs attached to a single torso, and five fingers and five toes connected to them. This is a “body.” With just this small list of words, we can be made to imagine a “body.” 2. Length of limbs, shoulder width and waist circumference, head size, hip size, weight n kg, height n cm. This is “someone.” Even if the body is the same, through these numerical values we can imagine a particular person.
2021.11.17

Emerging Artists

Articles [Analysis] From Gallery to Stage: Transformation of Perception in Contemporary Art using the Example of the Performance Not Every Whale Lacks Legs by Lim Jeong Soo On March 30, 2025, I had the opportunity, as part of the closing of the exhibition “The Legs of a Whale,” curated by Eva Koťátková at Galerie Jeleni, to participate in the performance art piece 'Not Every Whale Lacks Legs' by the artist Lim Jeong Soo.
2025
Exhibitions 《With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaws》, 2024.08.29 – 2024.10.12, P21 P21 will present Keem Jiyoung's solo exhibition ‘With Night’s Nape Between Our Jaw’ from August 29 to October 12.
2024.08.27

Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Critique] The Ten Thousand Things: on the Practice of Gala Porras-Kim Heaven and Earth interact perfectly, and the ten thousand things communicate without obstacle. Those above and those below interact perfectly, and their will becomes one.
2023.10.20

Late Mid-Career Artists

Articles [Essay] A Familiar Yet Strange Scene Unfolds in Kim Taedong's Photographs The images in Kim Taedong’s photographs might appear familiar at first sight. Kim’s works depict stars floating in the night sky, suburban landscapes unfolding in the frame, and people encountered on the street. Nonetheless, the artworks have a somewhat eerie atmosphere that induces anxiety and tension.
2022.07.25
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Pre-Established Artists

Activities Im Sunny, Selected as a 6th Artist-in-Residence at the 2015 Incheon Art Platform. We would see in our coded viewpoint based on what's already domesticated and learned in this society. Im Sunny looks for the invisible power through the various media, such as image, painting and drawing.
2015
Articles [Analysis] Jacques Lacan’s theory of “Mirror Phase” Hong’s ‘Perceptual Mirror’ is a mirror reflecting one’s own body. However, the reflection on strings and LCD units run away the harder one tries to catch it.
2007.10.01

Established Artists

Exhibitions 《Documentary Style》, 2014.12.09 – 2015.02.25, GoEun Museum of Photography The large-scale exhibition 《Documentary Style》 (December 9, 2014 – February 25, 2015), presented at the GoEun Museum of Photography and the GoEun Contemporary Photography Museum, examines Korean documentary photography from a specific perspective: style, or form.
2014.12.08
Articles [Column] Do Ho Suh’s "House Built from Memory" - A Private Space That is Both Solid and Fluid Do Ho Suh (b.1962) has continuously translated his spatial experiences across major cities such as Seoul, New York, and London into architectural installations.
2021