“Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo” Installation view at Kumho Museum of Art ©Aproject CompanySungkok Art Museum is pleased to present Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, a solo exhibition by artist Lee Eun (b. 1995) from August 18 to September 10. The exhibition is part of the ‘Sungkok Art Museum Open Call program’, a program to support young artists and curators. A total of three artists (Lee Eun, Lee Jinyoung, and Park Jaehoon) were selected for this year, and this exhibition is the first in a series.
Lee’s paintings feature GIFs form of classic animation such as Tom and Jerry, Cinderella, and Donald Duck. Lee’s work primarily focuses on animations that aired in the 2000s, evoking nostalgia but also recalling the way in which short-form content is dominating the contemporary landscape. The artist overlaps characters, smudges colors, and reveals the trajectory of their movements. In doing so, the artist expresses the illusion of short, repeated movements within a painting that is static. Also, on view in the exhibition are large-scale wall drawings that fill a 60-meter-high by 20-meter-wide wall. While the artist’s other paintings are based on GIFs that last less than five seconds, the wall drawings are based on videos that last two to three minutes.
By combining painting with the movement of GIFs, Lee Eun’s work offers a fresh approach to today’s visual culture.
