Poster image of "Hidden Times, Hidden Layers" at Prompt Project, Seoul. (October 20, 2020 – November 20, 2022). ©Prompt Project.Until November 20, Prompt Project is holding a three-person exhibition, HIDDEN TIMES, HIDDEN LAYERS, by artists Shin Hea Lim, Yoon Jong Ju, and Lee Jeong Bae. Each artist has spent considerable time experimenting with the essential formative elements of line, color plane, and object.
Shin Hea Lim experiments with lines, Yoon Jong Ju with the color plane, and Lee Jeong Bae interprets Korean landscape paintings through three-dimensional works. HIDDEN TIMES, HIDDEN LAYERS focuses on the fact that the three artists have developed their distinctive ways of expression through consistent and repetitive work.
신혜림 (Shin Hea Lim),시간의 비가 내린다 - 면 5, , 2021, 스테인리스 스틸, 실, 32 X 30 X 2.5cmShin Hea Lim (b. 1971), who majored in art craft, makes the concept of “line” the central theme of her artworks. Shin completes her work through a labor-intensive practice involving craft techniques and everyday materials. Shin used threads that were continuously wound and stacked on steel sticks, which she then gathered on a single frame. The process of repetitive actions shows temporality, while the winding practice shows flow and circulation.
Yoon Jong Ju, 'Cherish the time - In the air 22020001,2,3,4,' , 2022, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 76 X 52cm(4pieces)Yoon Jong Ju’s (b. 1971) works are composed of color planes. Instead of using a brush, liquid paint is poured onto the canvas to create the colored surface. By layering multiple colors over time, the color screen creates a deep surface with a soft, smooth, yet subtle glow. Similar to the strata formed by the accumulation of various soils over an extended period of time, the layered hues represent the passage of time.
Installation view of Lee Jeon Bae's artworks, "Hidden Times, Hidden Layers" at Prompt Project, Seoul. (October 20, 2020 – November 20, 2022). Photo by Aproject Company.Lee Jeong Bae (b.1974) is an artist who unravels Korean landscape paintings in three dimensions. The artist focuses on privatized natural landscapes, separated from nature by human desire in urban settings. The fragmented natural landscape is expressed in new colors and shapes through hundreds of painting processes. This three-dimensional urban landscape is presented as a new landscape painting with geometric shapes and simple colors.
