Exhibition Information

			Gallery Kiche will hold Ok Seung Chul's second solo exhibition "JPEG SUPPLY" from June 18 to July 25. The artist highlights the irony of the intersection of so-called light (digital origin) images and heavy (art works) images as an extension of the first individual exhibition "UN ORIGINAL", which focuses on the process of intersecting digital and art customs. To this end, the gallery space is set up as a platform that meets the requirements of art works by giving the original JPEG the typical form, physical form and texture of art and serves its own 'Aura' and 'Differentiation' to the viewer. 'Memime', which began with referring to cultural elements that reproduce themselves and replicate themselves and has been familiar with the Internet term for transferring certain images online since the late 1990s, is an important keyword that compiles and unravels such writers' intentions.

The new works, which encompass various media outlets including sculptures, video and painting, are visible in a wide range of forms, from gold wood Buddha statues to Baroque paintings('Medusa' by Caravaggio) to online 'Animated GIF file ' with vector images recreated based on complex references and borrowing from cartoon characters to specific compositions of movie scenes, just like his previous works. The centerpiece of the exhibition, 'SPIKE', is a piece of gold wood that the boy's image with his molars clenched. The works, which are displayed in a showcase like a single piece of relics, will be transformed into paintings, videos and relief. This is not only a borrowing and reference from outside but also an active manifestation of sections of self-reproduction and self-reference that persist in the process. In addition, the exhibition hall with minimal works produces a toned-down solemnity like a museum in order to maximize that constrast.

The exhibition first began with the digital original image of the artist being printed and reproduced across the boundaries of reality, virtual, art and non-art from the traditional forms of art such as painting, sculpture and video to goods, albums and custom. And the author tries to present the writer's questions within the framework or the same period by emphasizing the contradiction that the so-called lightness and seriousness created by printed out layers, and the coexistence of the so-called lightness and seriousness created by the printed outer layers, which are not fixed as one, are contrasted with the uniqueness and differentiation through the typical art form. This may not differ much from the recent general trend of digital elements involved in work, but certainly from the fact that 'JPEG' itself is considered as a final destination, not just as a tool or passage.

After the first solo exhibition, the artist received a mixed attention from the art world and the public at various levels. Therefore, the process of preparing for the second exhibition has naturally led to fierce review of the artist's destiny and further future direction. While considering the method and approach of work, which can be called a complex reflection of various aspects, from maniacal affection for subculture to formal interest as an artist, on the other hand, the original intuitive driver should not be forgotten. "JPEG SUPPLY" is a nodule that forms a word of such worries and choices.

[Source] Gallerykiche homepage