“Leave Over” Poster ©Space CANSpace CAN, operated by the CAN Foundation, is pleased to present “Leave Over,” a two-person exhibition by Kang Sangbin and Kim Jaehwan, on view from May 18 to June 17. This exhibition features artists who participated in CAN Foundation’s 2023 ‘In Between’ project.
Like Van Gogh and Gauguin, Picasso, and Braque, there are artists in the art world who grew up together and influenced each other. The information and influences they exchanged with each other preceded institutions and education, which stimulated and positively affected them.
Born out of this past factual relationship, ‘In Between’ is an exhibition of artists with personal friendships, paternal and maternal relationships, or senior and junior relationships who want to explore and learn about each other’s work, and it is an exhibition that considers and expects the synergy and positive impact of the complementarity between artists.
The exhibition presents the works of Kang Sangbin and Kim Jaehwan, who have been friends since their college days and have grown together and influenced each other’s work, in one exhibition for the first time. The title of the exhibition, “Leave Over,” refers to the artists’ attitude toward their work, which is to say that their works, which are completed by taking away from perfection, are finalized through the artist’s mind and the viewer’s appreciation. Rather than trying to convey a message through their works, the artists hope that visitors will feel the same way through this exhibition, which began with the intention of restoring the pleasure they feel in the process of creating.
