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Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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			British artist Oliver Beer’s first exhibition in Korea, Resonance Paintings – Two Notes,will present an immersive new body of work, built around the ideas of duality, fusion and exchange and expressed through what the artist calls ‘the intrinsic relationship between physical form and musical harmony’. Music is the basis of Beer's creativity and worldview, so he experiences daily life and art from a musical perspective. – Kyoungran Kim, Curator, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea 

Subtle geometric blue and white paintings created by physically using ‘sound as his paintbrush’, surround the viewer and are mirrored in Beer’s Resonance Vessels – a sculptural sound installation suspended in the centre of the gallery space. Informed by the vessels on view, the live performance Composition for Mouths, whichpresents the union of two human bodies fused into a single vocal instrument, will open and punctuate the exhibition.

Drawing on his background in both music and fine art, Beer’s practice explores the relationship between sound and space with a particular focus on the voice and architecture. Within and alongside his work with sound, he creates diverse sculptural, installation and film projects that are often autobiographical, yet also touch upon universal concerns. Through his reinterpretation of sensory experience from a contemporary perspective, Beer analyses, deconstructs and reassembles the viewpoints and methods entrenched within old customs and cultural codes: the act of composing, the way we compose, how we perform, how we make paintings and sculptures, and how we experience beauty and our own existence.
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