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THE SENSES ; INTERACTIVE PERCEPTION

Although at first they may seem very different, the three ar tists included in the present exhibition share in their works a common denominator. Bae Joonsung, Hong Sungchul and Cha Jongrye have developed distinctive ar tistic languages, which encourage a dynamic experience from the viewer. Developing concepts touched by both Optical and Kinetic Ar t, this young generation of Korean ar tists creates socially engaged works that in their own unique way bridge the gap between Western and Eastern figuration.The ar tists’ aim is to understand how the viewers perceive, remember and interact with their creations, to explore the internal mental processes that originate when these ar tworks are enjoyed. In this sense, using a term borrowed from psychology, one could venture to define this as “Cognitive Ar t”. The ar tworks need to be felt besides being watched and observed therefore establishing a fruitful interaction between the senses and the materials. One has to enter into a physical communication with the objects on display. This is even more evident in the previous series of works by Bae Joonsung, where the ar tist, instead of using the device of the lenticular lens, painted directly onto transparent acrylic plastic films, which, laid on the photograph’s surface, were meant to be drawn aside by the viewer in order to completely reveal the underlying composition. Contrary to Kinetic Ar t, which depends on the motion of its elements for its effects, these works – which are clearly static – depend on the movement of the observer. They have to be viewed from different angles, to be walked around in order to be fully appreciated. One has to move, change position and perspective to reveal the Asian female nudes lurking under Bae Joonsung’s lenticular lenses or to see the 3-D images printed on Hong Sungchul’s strings. Cha Jongrye’s compositions on the other hand, though motionless because of their medium – i.e. carved wood – have nonetheless a strong dynamic character. The swirling shapes protruding from the background resemble the movements of fluid lava or the natural shapes of limestone stalactites and stalagmites. Moreover Cha Jongrye’s modular compositions, made of geometric grids and organic forms, stimulate a new spatial awareness in the viewer, who gets almost sucked into the carved panels.

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CHA JONGRYE ( b .1968)

Cha focuses on the dialectical relationship between wood and land, material and nature on the surface of her sculptures. There is a sense of poise and connectedness within the allotted spaces of these forms. Each component of the whole is masterfully carved to create part of a larger modular work reminiscent of an elaborate puzzle or topographical contour map. The relationship between each convoluted shape offers a poetic and strangely surreal vision of space and energy giving a conceptual clarity, which properly situates her within the context of environmentalism.

Born in 1968, Cha Jongrye completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Ewha University.

Expose, exposed 091010 | wood | 72 x 72 x 10 cm | 2009 (below)

Expose, exposed 110905 | wood | 140 x 140 x 30 cm | 2011 (right)

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HONG SUNGCHUL ( b .1969)

Hong Sung Chul, using various media and modern technology, prompts interaction and performance from his viewers. Communicating the deep desire for human contact within society, his works never fully reveal themselves initially and exude a ghostly quality whereby the visual sense is questioned. The viewer must abandon reliance on their eyes alone and use their bodies and voices to prompt cooperation with the work. Stripping away the isolating experience traditionally encountered within ar t galleries, Hong initiates a dialogue with and between viewers, instilling the sense of community prised in Korean culture. Hong’s current body of work revives his string concept – a visual representation of what ties humans together from the earliest stage of life – the umbilical chord. These strings, upon which an image is printed, are staggered in his works and interlace to reveal a final representation – one of support or loneliness.

Born in 1969, Hong Sungchul completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Hongik University in Seoul before finishing another M.F.A in Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts.

Str ing Mirror_hvbody_0291 (above)pr int on elastic str ings in a steel frame102 x 80 x 14 cm | 2009

Str ing_hands_0014 (left)pr int on elastic str ings in a steel frame50 x 80 x 8 cm | 2011

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BAE JOONSUNG ( b .1967)

The series ‘The Costume of the Painter’ was his iconic work, in which he painted on to transparent acrylic films. These films need to flip up and down, through manual interaction by the viewer, to reveal Asian female nudes underneath the painted film. He appropriates old master paintings and contextualises the original impression and his pastiche. Since 2006, the introduction of lenticular lens in his work made this viewing experience effortless. The most recent series of paintings are titled ‘The Museum’ and Bae Joonsung has emphasized the theme of relativity; the viewer and being viewed by placing his work in the multi-perspective environment of Museums.

Born in 1967, Bae completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Seoul National University.

The Costume of Painter - kotkkoji girls | lenticular | 80 x 120 cm | 2011

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The Costume of Painter - Phantom in the Painting, J .S.Sargent white dress hnlenticular and oil on canvas | 194 x 130 cm | 2011

The Costume of Painter - Phantom of Museum Pa , Whistler white dress hn lenticular and oil on canvas | 194 x 130 cm | 2011

The Costume of Painter - Shadow on the wall As , camera woman oil and lenticular on canvas | 162 x 112 cm | 2010

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BIOGRAPHY BAE JOONSUNG (b1967)

EDUCATION

2000 M.F.A., Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul

1990 B.F.A., Painting, Seoul National University, Seoul

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 The Costume of Painter, Ar t Seasons, Singapore

2009 The Costume of Painter, Severance Ar t Space, Seoul

2007 The Museum, Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul

2006 The Costume of Painter, Gallery Touchar t, Heyri Ar t Valley

The Costume of Painter, Canvas International Ar t Gallery,

Amsterdam

The Costume of Painter, Lotte Avenuel Department Store, Seoul

2004 The Costume of Painter, Paik Haeyoung Gallery, Seoul

2003 The Costume of Painter-Travel with C.Lacroix,

Daelim Contemporary Ar t Museum, Seoul

2002 The Costume of Painter, Museum of Beaux-Arts, Tours, France

2000 Naming, Gallery IHN, Seoul

1997 Naming, Sal Gallery, Seoul

1996 Impression of Books and Paintings, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Fashion into ar t, Plateau Gallery, Seoul

A Glocal View – Korean Contemporary Ar t,

Uppsala ar tmuseum, Sweden

38°N Snow South : Korean Contemporary Ar t,

Gallery Charlotte Lund, Stockholm

2010 Korean Eye – Fantastic Ordinary, The Ar t House, Singapore

Korean Collective London, Alebemarle Gallery, London

Korean Eye – Fantastic Ordinary, Saatchi Gallery, London

Multi Effect , Gallery IHN, Seoul

2009 Ar t & Techne , Jeju Museum of Ar t, Jeju

Ingres and the moderns, Musee Ingres in Montauban, France

3rd Play and Magnificence-, Moran Museum of Ar t, Kyungkido

The Still: Logical Conversation, Gallery Hyundai Gangnam, Seoul

From Yeonhui-dong, YHD Projects, Seoul

2008 Daegu Textile Art Documenta 2008, Daegu Culture Art Hall, Daegu

Ar tists, What is Science for you?, KAIST, Daejeon

Yongduck Lee & Joonsung Bae, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Zurich

First Step: New Art From Korea, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Beijing

2007 Wonder Land, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

The Edge of Sensation, Simon Gallery, Seoul

Ar t Amsterdam, Gallery Skape, Amsterdam

2006 Photo Show 1010 06, Gana Ar t Center, Seoul

Now Korea, Canvas International Ar t Gallery, Amsterdam

2005 3rd Frieze Ar t Fair, Regent’s Park, London

15th Anniversary Special Exhibition 86, Kumho Museum, Seoul

2004 Frieze Ar t Fair, Regents Park, London

Extensions, John Chelsea Ar t Center, New York

Atelier Repor t, Savina Museum, Seoul

2003 Tradition & Innovation ll, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul

Crossing 2003: Korea/Hawaii, The Contemporary Museum, Hawaii

Hiddening / Reaveling, Kwangju Civic Museum, Kwangju, Korea

1993 to 2002 : Par ticipated in over 70 group exhibitions

The Costume of Painter - Sti l l Life with books in bookcase lenticular | 171.6 X 120 cm | 2011

CHA JONGRYE (b1968) HONG SUNGCHUL (b1969)

EDUCATION

1992 B,F,A in Sculpture Ewha Women’s University

1996 M,F,A in Sculpture Ewha Women’s University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 The 6th Solo Exhibition, Ever Harvest Gallery, Taiwan

The 5th SoloExhibition, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul

2008 The 4th Solo Exhibition, Vermont Studio Center, U.S.

2007 The 3rd Solo Exhibition, Gallery Goanhun, Seoul

2004 The 2nd Solo Exhibition, Gallery Ar tside, Seoul

1999 The 1st Solo Exhibition, Gallery Dyukwon, Seoul

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Ar t Road 77, Lee&Park Gallery

2010 Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, KEPCO Art Center

Ar t Beacon in Lotte Hotel, Hotel Lotte

Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Moon Gallery, Hong Kong

Magamnews Installation Exhibition, Paju

FACT, R.Mutt Gallery-U.K

Ar ts and Crafts Collaboration, Icheon World Ceramic Center

2009 Korean Aesthetics, Albemarle Gallery, London

Aesthetic of material, Gallery 4W

Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Ewah, Seoul

7 Things I want to know about Ar t, Icheon Ar t Hall

2008 Living Design Fair, Designer’s Choice – COEX,

Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Station of Yeoncheon

Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Ewah, Seoul

2007 Korea-India Ar t Exchange, India-New Delhi

2006 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Urim timber-mill, Seoul

2005 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Middle School

Songun Great Function, Museum of Seoul ar t center, Seoul

Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Dos, Seoul

‘Hello’ Exhibition, Gallery Chang

‘Seeing with the hear t’ Exhibition, Gallery Jungdong Kyunghyang

2004 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Selak Resor t

Neowa Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery PICI, Seoul

‘The temptation of space’ Exhibition, Gallery Hyundai

Depar tment store

2003 Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Muui Island

Korean Women’s Fine Ar t Association Exhibition,

Gongpyeong Ar t Center, Seoul

Ewha Sculpture Association Exhibition, Gallery Goanhun, Seoul

Yangpyeong Ar tist’ Association Exhibition,

Yangpyeong Ar t Center

2002 Deulmok Association Exhibition, Gallery Agio

Endingnews Installation Exhibition, Ansung

1992~2001 Par ticipated in 20 Group Exhibitions

EDUCATION

2001 M.F.A., Integrated Media, California Institute of the Ar ts, CA

1996 M.F.A., Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul

1994 B.F. A., Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Les mains déFILent Les yeux FILent, Galerie Orem, Paris, France

Solid but Fluid, YHD Projects, Seoul

2008 Anxiety and Dynamics of Incompleteness, Kring, Seoul

2007 Perceptual Mirror, Gallery IHN, Seoul

Youngeun Ar tist Relay_Sungchu Hong, Youngeun Museum of

Contemporary Ar t, Gyeonggido Kwangju

2002 RGB_SHOW, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul

2001 String Tongue, CalAr ts, LA

2000 White Cube, CalAr ts, LA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Double Democracy, ar tGwangju, Korea

Korean Collective Basel 2011, hall33, Basel, Switzerland

2010 Korea tomorrow, SETEC, Seoul, Korea

Korean Collective London 2010, Albemarlegallery, London, UK

Hong sungdo, Hong Sungchul, Erhard Witzel Gallery, Germany

Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Kwangju, Korea

Man Ray & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea

2009 From Yeonhui-dong, YHD Projects, Seoul

The Magic of Photography, Hanmi photo Museum, Seoul

Shooting Image, KOEX, Seoul

2008 Unusual One, Lobby of Hana Bank Head Office, Seoul

Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008,

National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Gwacheon

Your Mind’s Eye_Digital Spectrum, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul

Youngeun 2008 Residency & Open Studio, Youngeun Museum

of Contemporary Ar t, Gyeonggido Kwangju

First Step: New Art from Korea, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Beijing

2007 Mutual Induction, KTF Gallery the Orange, Seoul

Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul

Look & See, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul

2006 Soft Landing- 7 Ar tists Meet BMW, CAIS Gallery, Seoul

EHS project, Sejong Center, Seoul

2005 R-mutation, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul

Between, Contemporary Ar t Museum of Hongik University

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgar t, Stuttgar t

Issues of Criticism, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul

2004 Contemporary Ar t Video & Installation, Daegu Ar t Center

Soul & Bowl, Gallery IHN, Seoul

Alternative Realities, EMAF, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul

2003 Fake & Fantasy, Ar t Center Nabi, Seoul

I, You, Us, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul

2002 Seoul International Media Ar t Biennale, Seoul Museum of Ar t

Alchemy, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul

2001 Peer, Gallery 825, LA

Immediate Distance, Main Gallery, CalAr ts, LA

1994 to 2001 : Par ticipated in over 18 group exhibitions.

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This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SENSESBAE JOONSUNGCHA JONGRYEHONG SUNGCHUL

7 - 29 OCTOBER 2011

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