Artist Chung Seoyoung. Photo by Sohn Young-ok, Kukmin Ilbo.
The Seoul Museum of Art will open a solo exhibition of Chung Seoyoung (b. 1964) from September 1 to November 13, 2022. Chung is one of the artists who played a significant part in developing the Korean contemporary art scene in the 1990s.
Chung asks fundamental questions about the medium of sculpture. By manipulating everyday objects and materials, such as sponges, Styrofoam, glass, and rugs, Chung presents unfamiliar subjects by dealing with the relationships between objects. Sculptures are made through the artist’s relationship with the material and its intervention into the spaces with which her works engage. She creates spaces that invite viewers to consider their own space within the works’ realm, which sometimes gives the viewers an enigmatic impression.
Chung was one of the representative artists featured at the Korean Pavilion during the 50th Venice Biennale (2003). She also exhibited during the Gwangju Biennale (1997, 2002, and 2008).
