WHAT I HAVE SEEN
CITY LANDSCAPE
CHUNKY TOTEM SERIES
FAKE SAGA
THE WEATHER FORECASTING STONE
YET TO BE FILED
DRAWINGS
LIST OF SELF-DEVELOPED WEBSITE PROJECTS
EXHIBITION VIEW
PASTRY(with HJ Keem, JY Park)
TEXT
ESSAY
CV
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CITY LANDSCAPE
40x40x23 cm(black)
Photographs 6 and 7 by Junyong Cho.
In Korea, a law once required part of the budget for large buildings to be spent on public sculptures. Many of these sculptures now sit neglected, out of place in people’s lives. They feel like useless garnishes added to a dish for decoration. I thought about the loneliness of these forgotten sculptures.
These were made and exhibited — City Recipe (the 3rd solo show) — during residency
at Cheongju Creative Art Studio, seoul in 2022.
water painting on plaster board(2023)
I recreated graffiti from a pedestrian bridge in Hannam-dong, Seoul, on a window. Graffiti
on architectural structures often looks more like abstract paintings than text. I see graffiti and stains as natural traces accumulated in the city over time. This work aimed to capture the beauty of these temporary layers.
These were made and exhibited — City Recipe (the 3rd solo show) — during residency
at Cheongju Creative Art Studio, seoul in 2022.
View was recreated with watercolor on a wall at Space Joonghak Gallery, Seoul in 2023.
I wanted to create something inspired by scenes from the city. I thought about railings on buildings constructed during the 1960s-70s. Looking at old tiles sometimes makes me want to clean them, imagining their original state when they were new. The stains, as traces of time, can feel dirty but also evoke a sense of melancholy and beauty.
These were made and exhibited — City Recipe (the 3rd solo show) — during residency
at Cheongju Creative Art Studio, seoul in 2022.
2022
240x15x15 cm(Reinforced)
Last photograph by Jeong Kyun Goh
Photographs 1 and 2 by Jeong Kyun Goh
I was fascinated by the demolition of a building I passed by. Watching the plaster walls
break gave a satisfying feeling, but seeing the carefully built structure collapse left a sense
of emptiness. I couldn’t stop thinking about the bent rebar revealed in the process. I used fragile acrylic to create transparent structures that feel unstable, as if they could break at
any moment.
This work was exhibited in City Recipe (the 3rd solo show) at Cheongju Creative Art Studio in Cheongju in 2022.