“Ah! East Asian Painting: Dongyanghua, One and All” Poster image ©Art Center White BlockArt Center White Block presents the third
exhibition of "Ah! East Asian Painting:
Dongyanghua, One and All,"
a project that aims to read the current state of contemporary East Asian Painting,
from July 19 to October 6. The project is curated by Lee Jeong Bae, who majored
in East Asian Painting and has been considering the place of East Asian Painting
in contemporary art.
"Ah! East
Asian Painting: Dongyanghua, One and All" will showcase the works of Kwon Hyeseong,
Nana & Felix, Sungsik Moon, Yoo Seungho, Jang Jongwan, Jo Jongsung, and Choe
Sooryeon, all artists who are influenced by East Asian Painting in contemporary
art. These artists didn’t major in East Asian Painting, but actively
incorporate elements of East Asian Painting into their works and view East
Asian Painting from a current perspective.
'Current' here refers to the open
possibility of various interpretations of the various elements of East Asian Painting,
rather than considering them as fixed in the past. The eight artists in the
exhibition are contemporary artists who are living in the present, summoning
the past into the present, bringing it into their perception, and rearranging
it into the current aesthetic form.
"Ah! East
Asian Painting: Dongyanghua, One and All" is an exhibition that examines the
derivation or relevance of East Asian Painting to contemporary art. The main
focus is on how the artists view East Asian Painting from outside the field and how
they relate to their own work. Therefore, it is worth noting that the
participating artists who are not oriental painting majors were interviewed and
the connection between their work and East Asian
Painting was
closely examined.
