Installation view
of “Dreams for Hire” ©Space KSpace K
is holding a solo exhibition “Dreams for Hire” by London-based artist Minyoung
Choi, until February 23 next year.
The
artist gathers fragments of memories from her childhood and experiences of
migration and presents them as dreamlike scenes between dreams and reality. Elements
that cannot coexist in reality appear together on a single canvas, stimulating
the viewer's imagination. This exhibition showcases over 30 works, including 16
new paintings and drawings.
Installation view
of “Dreams for Hire” ©Space KMinyoung Choi's landscapes encompass a wide
range, from urban and intimate spaces to natural settings like rivers, seas,
and mountains. By combining artificial and natural elements, the artist
integrates diverse situations from reality. Images emerging from the artist’s
unconscious, rooted in personal experiences, blend with imagination to blur the
boundaries of reality.
Memories and imagination converge into
sensations of anxiety and chaos, leading to distant, introspective landscapes.
Spaces and places, humans and animals, cities and nature are reassembled and
completed into a new world. The exhibition “Dreams for Hire” offers an
opportunity to view the multifaceted structures of reality from an entirely
different dimension.
Installation view
of “Dreams for Hire” ©Space KMinyoung Choi (b. 1989) earned her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in painting from Seoul National University and
a master’s degree from Slade School of Fine Art. Currently, she lives and works
in London, UK. Choi held solo exhibitions at the Hive Center for Contemporary
Art, Beijing, China (2023) and Olvera Contemporary Art Centre, Olvera, Spain
(2017), and participated in selected group exhibitions at Sixi Museum, Nanjing,
China (2023) and Daejeon Creative Center, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South
Korea (2023).
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.
