“Enfolding the Air” Installation view at Prompt Project ©Prompt ProjectFrom May 3 to June 11, Prompt Project is pleased to present Enfolding the Air, the seventh solo exhibition by Hong Seong Joon (b. 1987). Selected by Christie’s Hong Kong as one of the ten leading contemporary Korean artists in 2017 and 2018, Hong’s work investigates flatness through the consideration and questioning of layers. The artist’s attitude toward his work, his artworks and questions about shapes eventually lead him to the answer of ‘layers’.
The title of the exhibition, Enfolding the Air, refers to the artist’s experience of looking at a work hanging in his studio while he was sketching and feeling as if the curled shapes on the large canvas were enveloping or hugging her. Through this experience, he experienced a change in his inner perception of painting and decided to share it.
In this exhibition, the gallery’s characteristic space is divided into three floors according to the characteristics of the works, and each floor offers different viewing points. The artist also presents works that incorporate the artist’s gestures on the screen during the process of preparing the work, inviting visitors to find the meaning.
The exhibition focuses on showing the beginning and end of the ‘Layers’ series, which the artist has been thinking about, in-depth so that visitors can understand the world of the artist’s work in an easier and more interesting way and receive new inspiration.
