GROUP EXHIBITION | KIM HYUNJUN, KIM YOUNGHUN, HAN JISOC

KIm HYUNJUN KIM YOUNGHUN HAN JISOC

This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition:

HAN JISOC, KIM HYUNJUN, KIM YOUNGHUN GROUP EXHIBITION 7 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 2013 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any mean, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without prior written permission from HADA Contemporary Ltd.

KIm HYUNJUN KIM YOUNGHUN HAN JISOC

KIM HYUNJUN

Kim Hyunjun’s ar tistic practice focuses on the correlation between material, human and society. His immaterial packaging sculptures embody the confusion and the conflict of the modern consumerist society and question the value creation within ar t and society. By transforming the distributional utilitarian and peripheral object – packaging – into an actual object of itself, an ar twork, and another insignificant valueless object, he purposefully mocks the social system that we engulf and entrap ourselves.

The ar tist intervenes with the preconceived cognitive sign system and transposes what is considered to be invaluable to valueless. Fur thermore, by allowing the viewers to witness its imperfection and dysfunctionality as an object of depiction upon close inspection, he derides on the process and the idea of value creation. Everything is merely an integument of an integument, an illusion of a disillusion. What remains of his objects is in fact the key components in his works - the ephemeral contemporary lives and their minute traces left behind with the packaging where diverse narratives unfold. These images and objects are the fragmented traces that lead us to recollect and introspect past, life, memory and origin, like a black and white old photograph that pushes us far back to beyond.

Kim Hyunjun (b.1978) received MFA and BFA at Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. He has exhibited widely in UK and Korea such as Saatchi Gallery London, Kumho Museum Seoul, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Gyeonggi Museum of Ar t, Insa Ar t Center among others. He has been awarded with 29th Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize.

Side Tray | cardboard | 85 x 150 x 70 cm | 2012

02 | 03

ART | cardboard | 130 x 40 x 30 cm | 2007

6x500ml | cardboard | 18 x 18.5 x 9 cm | 2009

08 | 09

ALL NATURAL | cardboard | 30 x 40 x 17 cm | 2011

Ultimate Torch | cardboard | 15 x 18 x 9 cm | 2011

06 | 07

KIM YOUNGHUN

Kim Younghun’s ar tistic language speaks the nostalgia and the anxiety of civilisation from the uncer tainty and discontinuity of life, fear of technology and the loss of humanity through his painterly surfaces. The complex entanglement of his personal experience of reality and vir tual reality becomes personified on the surface through the reconstruction of images from both worlds. Deriving from his journalist background during the transitional period from analogue to digital, his paintings question the media and the technology and how it affected contemporary culture and lives. Organically amalgamating with exuberant colours of psychological wavelength inspired from brain and electronic waves, dissembled body par ts suspended in the air and rainbow like clouds delineate current manipulative and destructive social media and the world. Spontaneous at times and constructional simultaneously, he crosses the boundary between abstraction and figuration and reality and fiction. “I depict detached and fragmented bodies to show the aging body of our evanescent mor tal lives amongst existential uncer tainty and obsolescence of memory.”

Kim Younghun (b.1964) received MFA at Chelsea College of Ar ts and Design, London a diploma at Goldsmith, London and BFA at Hongik University, Seoul. He has exhibited internationally such as Sungkok Ar t Museum Seoul, Cité Internationale des Ar ts Gallery Paris, 271 Höherweg Studio, Düsseldorf, Ingolstadt City Gallery, Ingolstadt, Gwangju Museum of Ar t, Grande Halle de La Villette Paris among others.

Cloud Map-p1003 | oil on canvas | 227 x 181 cm | 2010

08 | 09

Cloud Map-Presents-p1008 | oil on linen | 130 x 324 cm (diptych) | 2010

10 | 11

Cloud Map-p1001 | oil on linen | 162 x 130 cm | 2010

Cloud Map-p1002 | oil on canvas | 181 x 227 cm | 2010

12 | 13

Electronic Cloud-p1104 | oil on canvas | 130.5 x 162 cm | 2011

Electronic Cloud-p1105 | oil on canvas | 146 x 112 cm | 2011

14 | 15

HAN JISOC

Han Jisoc’s thinly applied layers of abstract paintings are the depiction of his innermost thoughts fabricated from the continuous sedimentation of diverse social incidents and relationships collected from the media such as newspaper. Driven by the sense of isolation and detachment, the ar tists erect his own imaginary world that he can reside and be consoled through these abundant narratives recorded in his subconscious. Before long, this fantasy becomes his identity and he metamorphoses it onto the canvas through various layers of floating abstraction. Wittgenstein once mentioned the impossibility in grasping the essence nonetheless of our endeavour to depict the world through utmost worldly knowledge and information through language. Similarly, Han believes that the figurative representation prevents one from approaching to the essence. He splashes, drags and drips, catching the spontaneous image that arises from the canvas, whilst, various narratives come, go and transform. His unconsciously painted layers of abstractions come to being on the eyes of the beholders indexically cueing from their own experiences, memories and images. The abstractions before your eyes are the stories of your life. The infinite interpretability is the world we live in and opening up this possibility is his way to connect back with it.

Han Jisoc (b.1971) received MFA at Chelsea College of Ar t and Design, London and BFA at Hongik University, Seoul. He exhibited widely in Korea and UK such as Tate Britain London, Cite Internationale des Ar ts Paris, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Hangaram Ar t Museum, Busan Cultural Centre, Kunstraum T27 Berlin among others.

The Triangle | oil on linen | 260 x 400 cm | 2011-12

16 | 17

Untitled 100923-329001 | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010

Untitled 100927-729001 | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010

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Untitled 100925-529001 | oil on linen | 130 x 162 cm | 2010

Untitled | oil on linen | 117 x 91 cm | 2010-12

Tension | oil on linen | 73 x 60.5 cm | 2012

24 | 25

Daylight | oil on canvas | 60.5 x 73 cm | 2012

Star | oil on canvas | 60 x 45 cm | 2012

26 | 27

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KIM HYUNJUN ( b.1978 )

EDUCATION 2006 MFA, Depar tment of ar t, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea 2004 BFA, Major of Sculpture, Division of Fine Ar ts, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Present or Present, Skape Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 The light thing, KUMHO Museum, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2011 The Korean Miracle: A Cultural Evolution, Asia House, London, UK Summer Show, HADA Contemporary, London, UK The Purpose of Life, Pohang Museum of Steel Ar t, Pohang, Korea 2010 Ar tist’s production, Seoul museum of ar t, Seoul, Korea Save the ear th, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea The beginning of love, Ryuhwarang, Seoul, Korea Greenlovebrown, Green & Brown, Seoul, Korea Fantastic Gardens, Sungsan Ar ts Hall, Choung Won, Korea Chamber of Secrets, ART2021, Seoul, Korea 2009 BAD BOYS HERE and NOW, Gyeonggi Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea City- net Asia, seoul museum of ar t, Seoul, Korea Moving Ar t, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea 2008 Wonder Brand, Ganaar t Forumspace, Seoul, Korea Fictional Reality, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea Up to the minute, Korea ar t Center, Busan, Korea Propose7 vol.3, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea The Battle of Taste, Gallery Sangsang Madang, Seoul, Korea 2007 The 29th Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize, Hangaram Museum, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul, Korea 2006 The Jackpot, Gallery Sinhan, Seoul, Korea Wish List, Insa Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea 2005 Space Cocktail, Gallery Space Cell, Seoul, Korea Passages in modern sculpture, Ulsan Ar ts Center, Ulsan, Korea 2004 The Road, Gallery Moro, Seoul, Korea Flying, Gallery My ar t, Seoul, Korea Sangsang Relay in Club, No.5 Gallery Gwangju biennale, Gwangju, Korea

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KIM YOUNGHUN ( b.1964 ) 2000 Fiestalux, Rue de Pont Neuf, Paris, France EDUCATION 2008 MFA, Chelsea College of Arts and Design, University of Arts London, UK 2007 Gold Smiths University, London, UK 1992 BFA , Fine Art, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea

Media Art 21- Virtually Yours, Sejong gallery, Seoul, Korea Cité Internationale des arts gallery, Paris, France 1999 ‘99 Environmental Art Festival, Kwanghwa Mun Station, Seoul, Korea For The 2000th Tears, Chung-Dam art festival, Seoul, Korea Joongang Art Festival, Ho-Am Gallery, Seoul, Korea Open Space - Factory and Video, Sam-Ae Company, Icheon, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Cloud Map, Nouvo Gallery, Daegu, Korea Cloud Map, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea 2010 Electonic Nostalgia: Broken Dream, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2003 271 Höherweg Studio, Düsseldorf, Germany Ingolstadt City Gallery, Ingolstadt, Germany 2002 Espace ICARE, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France 2001 Cité Internationale des arts gallery, Paris, France

Blasphemy-Dying to be Cruel, Monstrous, Strange, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 1998 Inchon Multimedia Art Festival, Inchon Art Center, Korea 1997 Our Cultural Legacy - View Point of Today, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Dismantlement and revival- D.M.Z, National Art Center, Seoul, Korea Body as Text, Kumho Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 1996 The Stream of The New Generation: Technology and Anti-Technology, National Art Center, Seoul, Korea Good Morning Mr. Stomach, Gihon river project, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA

1997 Dark Side of the Moon, Woong-Jun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1995 Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1995 Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Jang-Heung, Korea

1994 Review 1995, Today, Gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea New Prospect ‘94, Moran Museum, Masuk, Korea 1993 New Space-The New, Seokyung Gallery, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, Gongju, Korea Transformed Human, Space K, Gwangju, Korea

Human, Body, Sexuality, gallery Doll, Seoul, Korea Female-Pain, Ba-Tang-Kol Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1992 Dong-A Art Festival, National Museum of Modern Art, Kya-Chun, Korea

The Secret, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, Korea

Light-The Trace of The Power, Dukwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

A Secret, the Margin of Error, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea

New Form ‘92, Yoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2011 Back to the Future, Alternative Art Space IPO, Seoul, Korea The Secret, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea From a Distance, Keep a Distance, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

PRESENTATION

31 Emerging Artists, Gallery Forest, Seoul, Korea

2002 Le Cuve Multimedia Center, Issy-les-moulineaux, France

Pity on Utopia, Art Space LOO, Seoul, Korea 2010 Art Actually, Gallery Kunstdoc, Seoul, Korea Electronic Nostalgia, Seoul Art Space Mullae, Seoul, Korea

AWARDS

Art Share, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2003 Hoherweg Studio Program, Düsseldorf, Germany

Over the Rainbow, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

1996 Freeman Fellowship, Vermont, USA

2009 Digital/Multiple Emotion, Sejul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1995 Grand Prize, Joong Ang Art Festival, Seoul, Korea

Nomadic Project (Time and Space), Dalanzadgad City useum, Gobi, Mongolia Defamiliarization by Anna Air project, Nolias Gallery, London, UK Condensation 2009, Bodhi Gallery, London, UK 2008 4482, Oxo Tower, Barge house, London, UK Condensation, Desima gallery, London, UK

RESIDENCY 2000- 2002 SAMSUNG Paris Studio Program, SAMSUNG Culture Foundation, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2007 4482, Kingston Business Park, London, UK 2003 For My Daughter’s Daughter, Paris project room, Paris, France Kim Young Hun & Moon Byung Tak, Ingolstadt City gallery, Ingolstadt, Germany 2002 Kim Young Hun & Christelle Spano, Paris Project Room, Paris, France Nature cult, Avelines Museum, Saint-Cloud, Paris, France Waldkunstphad (Forest Art Path), Darmstadt International Symposium, Darmstadt, Germany Jeune Création 2002, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France 2001 It’s a Wonderful world-sol, mur, temps, Espace artsenal, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Un Certain Regard sur la Nature, Abbatiale de Bernay, France 0 + X, Espace Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France Energy Raum, Dreieich City Gallery, Germany Jeune Création 2001, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France Cité Internationale des arts gallery, Paris, France Sol / Mur / Temps, Korea Culture Center, Paris, France

COLLECTIONS 2000 Kimchi Museum, Seoul, Korea 1995 SAMSUNG Museum, Seoul, Korea

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HAN JISOC ( b.1971 )

EDUCATION 2006 MA, Fine Ar t, Chelsea College of Ar t and Design, London, UK 1998 BFA, Fine Ar t, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 White-Hot, Gallery b’one, Seoul, Korea 2010 Out of Sight, UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 I’ve Got You, Weibang Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2001 My Epitaph, Boda Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1999 Self-por trait, Gana Ar t Space, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Group Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Busan Biennale special exhibition, Busan Cultural Centre, Busan, Korea Noegenesis, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea Korea Tomorrow, Hangaram Ar t Museum, Seoul Ar t Centre, Seoul, Korea 2011 Two persons show (The Vanishing), EON Gallery, Seoul, Korea I’m a painter, UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea Pintmaking & Information, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea 2010 Eco Zone, Kunstraum T27, Berlin, Germany Mapping Mindscape, K. & Gallery, Seoul, Korea Star Wars-Episode 3, UNC gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 Asia Panic, Gwangju Biennale Centre, Gwangju, Korea Print Your Life, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea Beyond The Lind, UNC Gallery, Seoul, Korea P.E.A.R.L, Gallery Pakyoung, Paju, Korea 2008 Welcome Home Par ty, Sun Contemporary Gallery, Seoul, Korea 4482, Barge house, Oxo Tower, London, UK Editon, Gyeongnam Ar t Museum, Changwon, Korea 2007 Fold 07, performance at Tate Britain, London, UK Shows, Ar t Futures, Studio Glass Gallery, London, UK The Open, King’s park studio, London, UK Nothing To Declare, The Gap Gallery (project space), Chelsea College of Ar t & Design, London, UK 2006 Still Dynamics, Jerwood Space, London, UK Orioccid, Cite Internationale des Ar ts, Paris, France An Event In London, The plum Tree, London, UK Progressions, The Triangle Space, Chelsea College of Ar t & Design, London, UK Ontological Space, Chugye University, Seoul, UK

AWARDS 2011 Selected Ar tist, Soma Museum Archive Ar tist 2009 Selected Ar tist, Public Ar t (sponsored by Monthly Public Ar t Magazine) 2000 Excellent Prize, Seoul Space International Print Biennial (sponsored by Space Group and Seoul Museum of Ar t)

COLLECTIONS LG Group, Seoul, Korea Korea Development Bank, Seoul, Korea Green Cross, Seoul, Korea Pakyoung Collection, Seoul, Korea Space Group. Seoul, Korea

This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition:

HAN JISOC, KIM HYUNJUN, KIM YOUNGHUN GROUP EXHIBITION 7 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH 2013 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any mean, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without prior written permission from HADA Contemporary Ltd.

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