Lim Su Beom’s Solo Exhibition Installation view at Sahng-up Gallery Yongsan ©Aproject CompanyFrom August 5 to September 10, Sahng-up Gallery Yongsan will present a solo exhibition by artist Lim Su Beom (b. 1997).
In the exhibition, the artist imagines a character named S and follows the effects of imagination to S. As a child, S loved to draw dinosaur bones and imagine a world where dinosaurs lived, but as he grew older and he lived the same day over and over again, he found an old dinosaur picture book. The dinosaurs in the book were not what he had imagined as a child. This experience led him to seek out artifacts and places that are off the beaten path to continue his imagination.
The paintings in the exhibition bring this fictional world to life. The large paintings in the center of the space depict a forest (or fictional space) filled with unrealistic beings. On the walls, birds, fish, and other familiar creatures are depicted in fantastical colors on canvases that are shaped like the objects they represent. The creatures in the paintings are also represented in ceramics and have a presence in the corner of the space.
The specific and detailed worlds that the artist has constructed attract the viewer and draw them towards the worlds.
