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2012 Wall drawing is to express the memory and imagination driven from the already existing traces of the wall. The drawing would not be drawn if it was not the place. The construction process of the wall makes physical trace of screw spike and pit etc. Along with the traces, the long remaining paint wear off of the wall are starting points for imagination. Similar to the saying 'Imagination belies o..
Haven of Light 서러운빛 Haven of Light 권현빈, 오종, 한진 2020. 07. 07 - 08. 15 P21 Gallery 기획. 장혜정 사진. 이의록 글. 김홍기 (미술비평) 조각과 회화와 설치로 꾸민 전시 『서러운 빛』(P21, 2020)의 공간을 서성이며 사진에 대해 생각해본다. 권현빈의 조각도, 한진의 회화도, 오종의 설치도 사진과는 꽤나 무관해 보이지만, 그것들이 한 전시 공간에서 서로 엮이자 어쩐지 각자가 독특한 방식으로 변주된 사진처럼 여겨진다. 이런 비약적인 생각은 역시 이 전시의 제목이 '서러운 빛'인 까닭에 생겨난 것이다. 서러움의 정체는 아직 헤아릴 길 없지만 빛이라는 단어는 금세 빛(photo)의 기록(graphy)인 사진(photography)을 떠올리게 하기 때문이다. 어쩌면 이 각각..
The Sound of Memories – Han Jin,《Black Ice》Exhibition The Sound of Memories – Han Jin, 《Black Ice》 Exhibition Black Ice Dec. 20. 2018 - Jan. 05. 2019 Gallery Chosun Written by Nayeon Gu (Art Critic) What silk of time’s sweet balm Where the Chimera tires himself Is worth the coils and natural cloud You tend before the mirror’s calm?*1 At Han Jin’s solo exhibition 'Black Ice', her brush strokes caught my eyes. The infinite layers stemming from a repe..
An Essay on 'Hoiso' An Essay on 'Hoiso' Black Ice Dec. 20. 2018 - Jan. 05. 2019 Gallery Chosun Written by Yuri An (Artist) The word, ‘Hoiso’ in Korean has two different meanings depending on which Chinese characteristic it is based on. ‘Hoiso(回蘇)’ refers to the status of barely reviving after near death. On the other hand, ‘Hoiso(繪素)’ refers to paintings. Artist Han Jin strives to depict the traces of an unanticipa..
Black Ice Black Ice Dec. 20. 2018 - Jan. 05. 2019 Gallery Chousun Written by Hyunju Kim (Art Critic) Anri Sala’s 《1395 Days Without Red》(2011)*1 depicts Bosnia, Sarajevo from 1992 to 1995 for 1395 days, during when it was conquered by Serbia, former Yugoslavia federation. The zoomed out screen captures a white cloth flying about in the air amid people’s hurried breaths, desperate eye contacts, and feared ..
Venue of Sounds, Range of Time - A Letter from Han Jin Solo Exhibition《White Noise》 Venue of Sounds, Range of Time - A Letter from Han Jin Solo Exhibition 《White Noise》 White Noise Oct. 13 - Nov. 13. 2015 Art Space Pool Photo by Cheolki Hong Written by Yuri An (Artist) I once watched a documentary film about a Chinese minority tribe. They lived in a village surrounded by mountains, making them virtually unreachable from the outside. Furthermore, there happened to be a precipice..
Towards the completion of something that will never be completed Towards the completion of something that will never be completed Sound from a distant space Dec. 3-13. 2015 Cheongju Art Studio Written by Min Hye Ahn (Independent Curator) Han Jin creates images by connecting memories. Afterwards, she mashes, unveils the images, and repeats the reassembling. The repetition is the vestige of denial, rather than a mere accumulation of paint and energy. She attemp..
Sound from a Distant Space Sound from a Distant Space 2015. 12. 03 - 12. 13 Cheongju Art Studio Written by Voc Sou Kim (Curator, Cheongju Museum of Art) Han Jin suggests a rather unique question regarding the already familiar form-painting. Among many artists advocating the form of painting, Han Jin’s perspective regarding painting is synesthetic. Painting aims at not just reproducing something visually to obtain question..
Outside of the gray zone : Mihye Cha, Jin Han Outside of the gray zone : Mihye Cha, Jin Han 2014. 04. 11 - 05. 31 Art Space Pool Written by Eunbi Jo (Chief Curator, Art Space Pool) Art Space Pool presents as its premier Pool production of 2014, the exhibition of Mihye Cha and Jin Han Outside of the gray zone: Mihye Cha and Jin Han (Apr.11- May.31.2014). Both artists discover with acute sense of view, the relation with the external world bas..
Poetic Monologue : a presence that exists somewhere behind some place Review #34 article : a journal of contemporary art Poetic Monologue : a presence that exists somewhere behind some place Outside of the Gray Zone Apr. 11 - May. 31. 2014 Art Space Pool Written by Nayeon Gu (Art history, Art Critic) A poet does not create a poem. A poem is something that exists somewhere behind some place It used to be there from a long time ago And a poet just goes on to find it..
A shadowed garden by a light,《dim. Garden》 A shadowed garden by a light, 《dim. Garden》 dim. Garden 29. Dec. 2011 - 26. Jan. 2012 DM Gallery Written by Nayoung Hur (Art Critic) "The walk slides toward the green door along the gray wall of a narrow and long corridor under a lowly placed roof. After passing by the dust flashing in between the several lost parts of the floor made by joining wood parts, long-closed metronome without sounds, a..