Exhibition Information

Shame Politics
2020 Perforated aluminum panel, acrylic spray paint, acrylic on paper, wooden frame, anti-r 103.2 x 132.8 x 8.9cm

2018 Mixed media on canvas 116.8x91cm

A CLUMSY EXCUSE
2020 painting marker, acrylic on chiffon, wooden frame 130.3x130.3cm

			Gallery BK in Hannam-dong is pleased to hold 《 Painting and thereafter 》 from Feb 15th to Mar 25th as its first exhibition in 2021. The exhibition features artworks that expand the scope of painting and share life experiences and memories through storytelling in perspectives of three Korean contemporary artists. The genre of painting goes beyond simple painting and refocus on their continuously expanded artworks through their own media such as painting, objet, and mixed media.


Yoonkyung PARK shares the process of painting with the audience with transparent materials such as chiffon and silk, instead of the canvas. Park breaks the frame of the planar painting to show various aspects of painting. In addition, Park explores the essence of the boundaries between language and image. In the meantime, she creates an equivalent painting which an object and subject disappear.

Sane JUNG uses design elements in her work as typography. The overlapped and mixed text conceals the meaning by making it difficult to read at the first sight. The meaning is hidden by her statement which implies the essential concern in her own life. Jung reflects and communicates with the audience when they encounter the inherent meaning expressed in the artwork.

Jongmin Joy KIM expresses various events in his daily life with his unique signature style as if it is a hyperrealistic-portrait of the modern people. Kim’s works expand into various stories by sharing the unconstrained expressions of the artist. Even though modern society has been alienated due to the lack of communication, Kim’s artworks also communicate with the audience by becoming the medium.

Not a subject matter for a personal emotion, these artists' works reproduce and reinterpret the meaning into another area 《 Painting and thereafter 》 presented by Gallery BK aims to provide an opportunity to comfort the exhausted and anxious people from COVID-19 pandemic era. We hope this exhibition will deliver a huge encouragement and the power of change to the viewers.