hong sungchul pa r k s e u n g m o
This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition:
HONG SUNGCHUL & PARK SEUNGMO GROUP EXHIBITION 5 - 29 SEPTEMBER 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.
hong sungchul pa r k s e u n g m o
hong sungchul
Hong Sungchul’s practice focuses on the anxiety and tension originating from the ontological incompleteness of being. By developing wide range of wor ks in various interactive media, he brings attention to the deformity in the communication in the current ‘society of the spectacle’ - a society where human relations are no longer ‘directly experience,’ but blurred in their ‘spectacular’ representation as G. Debord and N. Bourriaud notes - questioning the existence. Hong uses ar twor k as a form to generate relationship and reanimate communication by continuous interactive por trayal of the desolated individuals in the vir tual wor ld. In Perceptual Mirror series, each solar LCD units unsystematically blinks in reaction to the movement of the light energy. Like pixelate beings in the society constr ucted of images, each idiosyncratic units ficker s ardently and forms temporal images that perhaps represent the existential anxiety of individuals amongst the prevalent reification and alienation of capitalist society. In String series, two-dimensional images printed on the elastic string create illusionistic three-dimensional fleeting imager ys of the fragmented body par ts suspended in time and space like manipulated and fabricated images disconnected from the reality. Uniquely, Hong’s wor ks simultaneously display his willfullness to adapt into this spectacular society, which is evidently shown from his assiduous engagement with high technology and media as pivotal instr uments for his myriad styles of interactive objects. He deliberately brings us to the awareness of the illusion of an interactive democracy in tr uncated channels of communication, and strives to revive lost passages of communication within the context of contemporar y society. To the ar tist, the interactivity is the highway to approach such possibility as Bourriaud mentioned that ‘ar t is a state of encounter,’ producing a specific sociability.
Hong Sungchul (b. 1969) lives and wor ks in Seoul, South Korea. He received M.F.A in Integrated Media at California Institute of the Ar ts and M.F.A and B.F.A in Sculpture at Hongik Univer sity, Seoul. His wor ks has been exhibited at international galleries including Saatchi Galler y London, National Museum of Modern and Contemporar y Ar t Korea, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Youngeun Museum of Contemporar y Ar t, Ar t Seasons Galler y Beijing, Galerie Orem Paris, Erhard Witzel Galler y Wiesbaden among other s.
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Perceptual Mirror 0603 | solar LCD units, acr ylic | 88 x 155 x 6cm | 2007
Perceptual Mirror 0621 | solar LCD units, acr ylic | 72 x 72 x 3cm (4 each) | 2013
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String Hands 0536 | print on elastic strings in a steel frame | 60 x 100 x 14cm | 2013
String Hands 2741 | print on elastic strings in a steel frame | 85 x 140 x 14cm | 2013
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String Mirror C Body 01 | print on elastic string & steel frame | 85 x 85 x 14cm | 2010
String Mirror C Body 03 | print on elastic string & steel frame | 85 x 85 x 14cm | 2010
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pa r k s e u n g m o
Par k Seungmo’s wor ks fundamentally derive from the philosophy of Zen Buddhism, which seeks a consciousless determination to be enlightened with the tr ue nature of identity. A common Buddhist quote, ‘we can see the univer se as it is and our tr ue nature when delusion and defilements disappear’ finds a physical form in the hands of Par k. They are a product of a search for self, contentment and existence . For year s he experimented with aluminium wires to develop an ar tistic and religious practice to pose the question of identity to himself, the audience and the object, from where the initial stage of meditation by Zen practitioner s begins. The neutrality and imper sonal nature of aluminium wires distance the familiar figure and object from the viewer. By depriving the subjects of their functionality and individuality Par k question them of their existence and significance. Fur thermore, his ephemeral
por traits of Maya (환, 幻) - meaning illusion in Sanskrit - created by snipping layer s of wire mesh comments on the transient nature of being. His labour-intensive process coincides with the religious fulfillment of the selfless state that begins with emptying out of himself. Par k Seungmo (b. 1969) lives and wor ks in Seoul, New Yor k and Ber lin. He received BFA at Dong-A Univer sity, Busan. He has exhibited widely including Geonggi Museum of Ar t, Pohang City Museum, Seoul Ar t Center, Insa Ar t Center Seoul, Lotte Galler y Busan, Museum of Ar ts and Design New Yor k, Saatchi Galler y London, Fairmont Bar Al Bahr Abu Dhabi, Blank Space Galler y New Yor k, Kips Galler y New Yor k, Ever Har vest Ar t Galler y Taipei among other s.
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Maya 9273 | stainless steel wire mesh | 159 x 219 x 6.5cm | 2013
Maya 9273 | stainless steel wire mesh | 159 x 219 x 6.5cm | 2013
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Maya 9304 | stainless steel wire mesh | 119 x 172 x 12cm | 2013
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Maya 9329 | stainless steel wire mesh | 79 x 97 x 18cm | 2013
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Maya 9420 | stainless steel wire mesh | 150 x 200 x 9cm | 2013
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Yu Hyeon Jeong | aluminum wire, fiberglass, lifecasting | 92.5 x 49 x 35cm | 2011
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BIOGRAPHY
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HONG SUNGCHUL ( b.1969 )
EDUCATION 2001 MFA, Integrated Media, California Institute of the Ar ts, CA, USA
Issues of Criticism, POSCO Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 2004 Contemporary Ar t Video & Installation, Daegu Ar t Center, Daegu, Korea
1996 MFA, Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
Soul & Bowl, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
1994 BFA, Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea
Alternative Realities, EMAF, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea 2003 Fake & Fantasy, Ar t Center Nabi, Seoul, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 Solid But Fluid, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2010 YHD Projects, Seoul, Korea
Beauty, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea I, You, Us, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea 2002 The 2nd Seoul International Media Ar t Biennale, Seoul Museum of Ar t,
2008 Anxiety and Dynamics of Incompleteness, Kring, Seoul, Korea
Seoul, Korea
2007 Perceptual Mirror, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
Alchemy, Sungkok Ar t Museum, Seoul, Korea
Youngeun Ar tist Relay_Sungchu Hong, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Kwangju, Gyeonggido, Korea 2002 RGB_SHOW, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea 2001 String Tongue, CalAr ts, LA, USA 2000 White Cube, CalAr ts, LA, USA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SINCE 2000) 2013 Hong Sungchul & Park Seungmo, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2011 The Korean Miracle: A Cultural Evolution, Asia House, London, UK The Senses: Interactive Perception, Hada Contemporary, London, UK 2010 Korean Collective, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK Hong sungdo - Hong Sungchul, Erhard Witzel Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Kwangju, Gyronggido, Korea Man Ray & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea 2009 From Yeonhui-dong, YHD Projects, Seoul, Korea The Magic of Photography, Hanmi photo Museum, Seoul, Korea Shooting Image, KOEX, Seoul, Korea 2008 Unusual One, Lobby of Hana Bank Head Office, Seoul, Korea Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Gwacheon, Korea Your Mind’s Eye_Digital Spectrum, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea Youngeun 2008 Residency & Open Studio, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Kwangju, Gyeonggido, Korea First Step: New Ar t from Korea, Ar t Seasons Gallery, Beijing, China 2007 Mutual Induction, KTF Gallery the Orange, Seoul, Korea Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea Look & See, Kumho Museum of Ar t, Seoul, Korea 2006 Soft Landing- 7 Ar tists Meet BMW, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea EHS project, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea 2005 R-mutation, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul, Korea Between, Contemporary Ar t Museum of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgar t, Stuttgar t, Germany
2001 Peer, Gallery 825, LA, USA Immediate Distance, Main Gallery, CalAr ts, LA, USA Great Video Installation, D301 Gallery, Calar ts, LA, USA Have a Cool Summer, Track 16, LA, USA 2000 Ar t Video Screening, Bijou, Calar ts, LA, USA
PARK SEUNGMO ( b.1969 )
EDUCATION
ACAF, New York, USA
1998 BFA in Dong A University, Korea
Three Men Show: Park SeungMo, Lee JaeHyo, Choi TaeHoon, Nanas Ar t Centre, Gyeonggi, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 BUNDO GALLERY, Daegu, Korea Present Moment, HADA Contemporary, London, UK
2006 CIGE, Beijing, China Gyeonggido Young Ar tist Exhibition, Ansan Ar ts Centre, Ansan, Korea Gyeonggido Established Ar tists Exhibition, Yoju, Korea
MAYA, Blank Space Gallery, New York, USA
Shanghai Ar t Fair, Shanghai, China
The Reality of Existence, Kips Gallery, New York, USA
Three Men Sculpture Show, Jang Eun Sun Gallery, Seoul, Kroea
Maya, Lotte Gallery, Busan, Korea
2005 CIGE, Beijing, China
Dosi Gallery, Busan, Korea
2004 Outdoor Project, Sejong Cultural Centre, Seoul, Korea
2010 Extreme Line, Ever Harvest Ar t Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan 2008 Gallery Ar tside, Seoul, Korea 2005 Gallery Ar tside, Seoul, Korea
2003 MANIF, Seoul, Korea Hangul Exhibition, Mok-A Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea 2002 1234567890 Sculpture Exhibition, INSA Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2001 Sculpture Park Exhibition, Zoo Land, Daejeon, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SINCE 2000) 2013 Hong Sungchul & Park Seungmo, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2012 JIN.TONG, Gwangju Museum of Ar t, Korea
Hangul Exhibition, Mok-A Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea Kroea Ar ts Exhibition, National Modern Gallery, Gyeonggi, Korea 2000 Nandan Ar ts Festival, Kolkata, India
Korean Eye, Fairmont Bar Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, UAE CIGE2012, Beijing, China KOREAN ART SHOW, New York, USA 2011 Aha! Moment, Hangaram ar t museum, Seoul ar t center, Seoul, Korea Korean Eye, Museum of Ar ts and Design, New York, USA Korean Eye, The National Assembly, Korea 2010 Power of Sculpture Group Exhibition, Samtoh Gallery, Seoul, Korea KOAS, Insa Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea Power of Geonggido, Geonggi Museum of Ar t, Korea Life in Ar t, Pohang City Museum, Pohang, Korea Form & Formless, Gallery Form, Busan, Korea Group exhibition with teachers, Insa Ar t Center, Seoul, Korea 2009 Play at Open Space, Ansan Ar ts Centre, Korea Mad for Furniture, Netspace, Seoul, Korea Korean Eye Moon Generation, Phillips de Pury, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Kroean Aesthetics, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK The Body Speaks, Touchar t Gallery, Korea London Ar t Fair, London, UK Ticktac-Korean Sculpture, Gallery Dodo, Seoul, Korea 2008 Albemarle Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London, UK Korea Now, Ar t Rink, Sotheby’s, Israel Beijing Ar t Fair, Beijing, China KIAF 2008, COEX, Seoul, Korea The Par ty, Gallery Gayang, Pusan, Korea 2007 CIGE, Beijing, China Lines in Space, Gyeonggido Museum, Gyeonggi, Korea
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This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition:
HONG SUNGCHUL & PARK SEUNGMO GROUP EXHIBITION 5 - 29 SEPTEMBER 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.