“The Centenary” Installation view at Hakgojae Gallery © Hakgojae GalleryFrom June 28 to July 29, Hakgojae Gallery presents Lucid Mystery/Dark Clarity, a two-person exhibition by Seeun Kim (b.1989) and Yoori (b.1994), and The Centenary by Sang-wooc Rhee (b.1923).
Lucid Mystery/ Dark Clarity talks about mysterious emotions and phenomena that are not clearly visible in the real world. The two artists try to capture this reality in their works and explore the reasons for their emotions. Seeun merges and edits the near and far, past and present, and captures the ever-changing reality. Yoori explores the world of language, approaching the world that cannot be expressed in words from the perspective of visual art.
“Lucid Mystery/Dark Clarity” Installation view at Hakgojae Gallery © Hakgojae GalleryThe Centenary celebrates the 100th anniversary of Sang-wooc Rhee’s birth and looks at the artist’s unique place in the flow of Korean abstract art. In Seeking “Eidos”: Korean Abstract Painter 7 in February 2022, this exhibition highlights Sang-wooc’s work, which oscillates between calligraphic abstraction and lyrical geometric abstraction. Through his works, which aesthetically embody the splashed ink and empty space effects, the exhibition aims to capture the traces and trajectories of Korean abstract art history in a new way.
By juxtaposing Korean modern and contemporary abstraction side by side, the exhibition at Hakgojae Gallery will reveal aspects of art that appear differently across time, or that persist despite the differences between eras.
