Installation view of “EDIT” ©Wumin Art CenterWumin Art Center presents a special
exhibition “EDIT” on view through December 28. The exhibition began with the
contemplation of what form the renewal of creative meaning in the realm of
painting might take in today’s world, where infinite collection, storage,
editing, and reproduction of data have become possible.
Six painters (Kim Doyeon, Xin Sunoo, Wang
Seonjeong, Woo Jeongsu, Cho Minah, Choe Sooryeon) participate in the
exhibition. Born in the 1980s and 90s, they belong to a generation that has
experienced the transition in media environments from analog to digital, and
from image consumption to production, enjoying limitless access, selection, and
interpretation of data.
Installation view of “EDIT” ©Wumin Art CenterThe works of these six artists borrow and
adapt a variety of references, including medieval illustration drawings,
popular culture images, legends, myths, and stories from classical media, from
their own artistic perspectives, and assemble them onto the canvas. Multiple
canvases come together to form a large unified image, with fragmented images
either stacked vertically or arranged horizontally. Elements borrowed from the
outside world undergo the artist’s reconstruction and reinterpretation,
transforming into layered images.
Installation view of “EDIT” ©Wumin Art CenterThe time and process of rewriting and
reworking, of making it their own, are embedded in the works of these six
artists. The exhibition presents images and stories that may have once existed,
yet have never existed. It invites viewers to engage with screens that are both
familiar and strange, to discover clues to the narrative, and to reflect on the
present aspects of life contained within the image, while imagining the
artist’s perspective and time.
Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.
