“SOUL SCAPE SEOUL” Installation view at KÖNIG SEOUL ©KÖNIGKÖNIG SEOUL will be holding SOUL SCAPE SEOUL, the first solo exhibition of Leiko Ikemura (b. 1951) in Korea.
Since the early 1980s, Leiko Ikemura has built a body of work based on Japanese and European aesthetic traditions. This exhibition showcases Ikemura’s paintings and sculptures from the past decade on the 5th and 6th floors of KÖNIG SEOUL. The 5th floor is organized around paintings. Ikemura’s paintings are somewhere between figurative and abstract, and the figures in the paintings smoothly fill the canvas with indistinct borders. The exhibition features red and brightly colored paintings and Ikemura’s interpretation of the scenery of mountains and water. Sculptures are on display in the outdoor space on the 6th floor. Viewers can see bronze sculptures such as , as well as several glass sculptures utilizing the artist’s unique glass casting technique.
The name of the exhibition, ‘SOUL SCAPE’, was coined by the artist in the process of likening inner life to a landscape. Ikemura’s works are landscapes of life as seen through the artist’s eyes, landscapes that provoke the viewer to turn their gaze inward.
