“Landing Point” Installation view at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL © ARARIO GALLERY SEOULARARIO GALLERY SEOUL presents group exhibition “Landing Point” through February 17. This exhibition comprehensively presents the works of 13 distinguished contemporary Korean and Japanese painters through the entire gallery space.
The exhibition includes a range of artworks by established young artists including KOO Jiyoon (b. 1982), AHN Jisan (b. 1979), LEE Jihyun (b. 1979), AN Gyungsu (b. 1975), EOM Yujeong (b. 1985), LIM Nosik (b. 1989), and JWA Haesun (b. 1984), as well as the innovative works of emerging artists such as KANG Cheolgyu (b. 1990), Yuki SAEGUSA (b. 1987), LIM Subeom (b. 1997), JEONG Kyeongbin (b. 1993), JEONG Juwon (b. 1992), and Kohei YAMADA (b. 1997). Featuring artists born from the 1970s through the 1990s, Landing Point encapsulates the diverse artistic practices of a generation.
The exhibition explores the various ways these artists, who primarily work with painting, perceive and articulate the contemporary world. It contemplates the picture plane as the place where contemporary artists’ perspectives are anchored, a current landing point, and a platform to gauge the direction of future artistic endeavors. The 13 participating artists all primarily use painting as their medium. They translate their experiences and senses obtained from the world into the properties of the materials and embed them within the visual world of the picture plane. Among these individuals who share temporal and regional similarities, each one has their own unique focus. Some concentrate on exploring the relationships between the world inside and outside their bodies, while others are deeply engrossed in experiments that overlap the realms of reality and the virtual world. Alongside those who observe the cracks in a resilient city, there are also those who remember what comes after the city’s collapse.
The first floor of the basement is organized under the theme of ‘Adjusting Distance: Body as Passage’ and features paintings by JWA Hyesun, JEONG Kyeongbin, and LIM Nosik that explore the body as a medium. The first floor, themed “Tracing the Sensation: Intimate Eyes,” features works by KOO Jiyoon, AN Gyungsu, and AHN Jisan, who capture traces of sensation in real-world landscapes and psychological situations. The third floor features works by EOM Yujeong, JEONG Juwon, LEE Jihyun, and Kohei YAMADA, who explore different ways of perceiving the world through an expanded eyes. Finally, the fourth floor is organized under the theme of ‘Reflection of Self: Subjective Land’ and features paintings by Yuki SAEGUSA, LIM Subeom, and KANG Cheolgyu, which provide a glimpse into the subjective worlds of the artists as they encounter, relate to, and reconstruct reality as individuals.
