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(Source = Art Space Hohwa)

Exhibition view

(Source = Art Space Hohwa)

Exhibition view

(Source = Art Space Hohwa)

Exhibition view

(Source = Art Space Hohwa)

			Artspace Hohwa presents Jeon Byeong-sam's solo exhibition 《Bare Stage》, from December 2nd to January 8th. Jeon has been working on re-creating images in various media such as three-dimensional, flat, and video by making existing objects disappear. His work begins with curiosity about the impossible realm that cannot be reached by the human body, and is developed freely under two methodologies, 'folding' and 'unfolding'. In this exhibition 《Bare Stage》, we would like to take a look at the work of Jeon Byeong-sam, who invites us to an unknown world by folding or unfolding.



Upon entering the exhibition hall, viewers can see the MOMENT, a series of artworks that represents the method of ‘folding’. In this series, printed photographs folded in half are stacked one by one in a square frame so that their sides are visible, turning them into abstract photographic sculptures with stripes. Photographs containing the memories of the moment disappear, and the original story is changed to a flat shape made of uniform surfaces and lines, providing a neat yet heterogeneous aesthetic. On the other hand, we can also meet a series that reconstructs the existing image through the mutated ‘folding’. It is the COSMOS, which is completed as a circular piece by rolling up the printed matter in a circle from the center. The thin section of the folded image bends and gradually grows, resembling an endlessly expanding universe. At first glance, the artist's work seems to erase its original existence through the act of folding. However, the image that was thought to have disappeared does not completely disappear, but changes its shape and is reborn as a cross-section of a mysterious stratum. Jeon's act of 'folding', which ruptures the inherent order and creates a new form, can be said to be the purpose of art and the very reason for its existence.
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(Source = Art Space Hohwa)