je baak & ahn jinkyun
je baak & ahn jinkyun
JE BAAK & AHN JINKYUN HADA Contemporary is pleased to present recent photographic works by two emerging ar tists, Je Baak and Ahn Jinkyun. This exhibition aims to introduce some of contemporary photographic works that utilise the natural characteristics of the photography as a medium – accessibility, editability and reproducibility among others – yet exploring and illustrating diverse unphotographable social and personal metaphors. Je Baak Baak’s ar tistic investigation deconstructs predetermined values questioning the logical fallacies embedded in the social system. In Petitio Principii series, Baak deconstructs Mondrian’s obsessive modernist values by creating repetitive perspectival photographic patterns. This series gradually evolves into Ritual and Narcissism of the Vision series that have recently been shown in National Museum of Contemporary Ar t and Gallery Royale in Seoul, Korea. This exhibition brings five recent works from Petito Principii series in which the repetition and patternisation of images become the metaphor of the multiplication and segmentation of oneself. The continuous repetition of this process ultimately denies the idea of ‘self ’ and becomes the visualisation of the Buddhist concept of ‘selflessness’. Ahn Jinkyun This exhibition brings together four works by Ahn - Gazing #1 (2012) and Two Mirrors (2012) from Villa of the Mysteries series and Eight Legs (2012), Hide & Seek #1 & #2 (2012) from Décalcomanie series - for the investigation and conversation of the viewers to encourage the survey beyond the boundaries of the vision. His photographs explore multi faceted aspects of the space named ‘the living room’ adopting it as a stage for meticulously choreographed private performances. These tableaux suggestively reveal dichotomic symbolic gestures inherent in the space such as private experience and public display, the reflection and the gaze, the mirror and the image, the seen and the unseen and the life and death. ‘… My fascination with this par ticular medium lies in its nature of reflection. When a photograph is taken, the camera creates a vir tual mirror that reflects the images placed beyond its lens, thereby, materialising the reflected image two dimensionally. Inherent in this photographic process is the defiance of the authenticity of what one would otherwise naturally perceived through vision. In my opinion, therefore, a good photograph is one that reflects, rather than reveals something.’ [1]
Je Baak (b.1978) received MA in Communication Ar t & Design at Royal College of Ar t London and BFA in Visual Communication from Seoul National University. He exhibited internationally such as National Museum of Contemporary Ar t Seoul, Saatchi Gallery London, Busan Museum of Ar t, British Film Institute London, Asia House London, Ar ti et Amicitae Amsterdam, Gallery Hyundai Seoul, Gallery Jungmiso Seoul among others. He was awarded with The Grand Prize by Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize 2010, Chris Ganrham Memorial Award by Royal College of Ar t 2010 and shor tlisted for Mangroup Photography Awards and selected as Young Korean Ar tist 2013 by National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Korea. Ahn Jinkyun (b. 1983) received MA in Photography at Royal College of Ar t London and BFA in Photography and Film, Animation and Video at Rhode Island School of Design in US. He has exhibited internationally at The Photographer’s Gallery London, Phoenix Brighton, Anthony Reynolds Gallery London, Gallery IHN Seoul, Ohio University Seigfred Gallery, Red Eye Gallery USA among others. He has been selected and awarded as 2013 UK Winner of Emerging Photographer by Flash Forward, Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2013 by The Photographers Gallery London, Belfast Photo Festival 2013, Foam Magazine #36 Talent, Winner of 2012 Brighton Photo Fringe Open and Honourable Mention for International Photography Awards 2011.
[1]
Colberg, J. M., ‘Jinkyun Ahn – Villa of the Mysteries’, Foam Talent, #36 Talent Fall 2013: 224. Print
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je baak
Petitio Principii 201 | giclĂŠe prints | 180 x 240 cm | 2012
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Petitio Principii 202 | giclĂŠe prints | 150 x 120 cm | 2012
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Petitio Principii 203 | giclée prints | 60 × 400 cm | 2012
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Petitio Principii 205 | giclée prints | 120 × 220 cm | 2012
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Petitio Principii 204 | giclée prints | 120 × 240 cm | 2012
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AHN JINKYUN
Gazing #1 | lambda print | 152.4 x 114.3 cm | 2012
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Two Mirror s | lambda print | 152.4 x 114.3 cm | 2012
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Hide and Seek #1 | lambda print | 66 x 44 cm | 2012
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Hide and Seek #2 | lambda print | 66 x 44 cm | 2012
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Eight Legs | lambda print | 66 x 43.2 cm (each) | 2012
BIOGRAPHY
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JE BAAK
b.1978
Seoul, Korea
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea
Degree Show, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK Present from the past, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
EDUCATION
4482, Barge House, Oxo Tour, London, UK
2010 MA, Communication Ar t & Design, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK
Wrong Love, A Foundation, Liverpool, UK
2003 BFA, Visual Communication, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Hon)
2009 Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK The Cube, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Cross Fields, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
2014 Solo Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK (Scheduled in October)
Acoustic Images 2009, 29 Thurloe Place, London, UK
2013 Poetic Obsession, Gallery Royal, Seoul, Korea
On the edge of Life, Bath International Music Festival, Bath, UK
2012 Petitio Principii, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul, Korea Petitio Principii, HADA Contemporary, London, UK 2011 Gong, Soomdo, Seoul, Korea 2010 Prelude, Ar t Club 1563 by SUUM, Seoul, Korea
PROJECTS & EXPERIENCE 2002 Degree show “Free Falling”, “Lee Sang”, Seoul National University, Korea 2000-2003 Project Group “Anida” - Installation Project in Subway Line No. 6 “Together”, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Installation Project in Seoul National University “Oasis”, Korea
2014 Je Baak & Ahn Jinkyun, HADA Contemporary, London, UK
- Teaching Project in Kwacheon High School “Designing Life”, Korea
2013 Kumho Young Ar tists 2013, Kumho Museum, Seoul, Korea Crystallize, KBEE 2013, Old Billingsgate Building, London, UK
- Ar t Therapy in Youngdong Hospital, Korea - Opening Title Sequence for “Human Rights Film Festival”, Korea
Chung Heeseung & Je Baak, HADA Contemporary, London, UK Young Korean Ar tists, National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
The Viewer, disparu, MOT Gallery, Taiwan, China
2013 Young Korean Ar tists, National Museum of Contemporary Ar t, Korea
2012 Korean Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK When I spoke its name, it came to me and became a flower, Paris, France Solid Illusion, Seoul Ar ts Center, Seoul, Korea Korean Collective 2012, HADA contemporary, London, UK
2011 Kumho Ar tist Residency, Kumho Museum Selected Ar tist, BELT, Ar t Edition Korea 2010 Chris Ganrham Memorial Award, Royal College of Ar t 2010 The Grand Prize, Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize 2010
4482 : Map the Korea, Barge House, Oxo Tour, London, UK
2009 International Student Bursary, Royal College of Ar t
As Small as a World and Large as Alone, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2008 Shor t listed, Mangroup Photography Awards
Life, no Peace, only Adventure, Busan Museum of Ar t, Busan, Korea
2002 Tuition scholarship, Seoul National University
Belt Selected Ar tist, Ar tside, Seoul, Korea 2011 The Korean Miracle: A Cultural Evolution, Asia House, London, UK Embracing the Void, Hada Contemporary, London, UK More than Tastes, Ar t Space Hue, Seoul, Korea Point against point, Ar ti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2010 The Garden which has two roads never meet each other, Museum of Ar t in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Screening, Seoul Square, Seoul, Korea The Plaza Principle, The Leeds Shopping Plaza, Leeds, UK Moving Image for London Fashion Week, Eun Jeong S/S Presentation Wonder Room, Selfridges, London, UK Akwaaba Astronomy, Launchpad City, Science Museum, London, UK Acoustic Images, British Film Institute, London, UK Joongang Fine Ar ts Prize - Selected Ar tist Exhibition”, Seoul Ar ts Center,
AHN JINKYUN
b. 1983
AWARDS
Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea and London, UK
2013 Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2013 UK Winner Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2013 Selected Ar tist
EDUCATION 2012 MA, Photography, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK 2010 BFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, US BFA, Film, Animation and Video, Rhode Island School of Design, US
Belfast Photo Festival 2013 Selected Ar tist Foam Magazine #36/Talent Selected Photographer 2012 Brighton Photo Fringe Open 2012 Winner 2011 Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2011 UK Honourable Mention
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
International Photography Awards Honourable Mention
2014 Solo Exhibition, HADA Contemporary, London, UK (Scheduled in June)
Royal College of Ar t Overseas Fine Ar t Bursary
2012 On the Surface of Images, Phoenix Brighton, Brighton, UK SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Je Baak & Ahn Jinkyun, HADA Contemporary, London, UK Selections from Belfast Photo Festival Open Submission Exhibition 2013, Sirius Ar ts Centre, Cobh, IR 2013 Belfast Photo Festival 2013, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, UK Antechamber, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London, UK Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2013, The Photographer’s Gallery, London, UK FOAM Talents - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL FOAM Talents - РОСФОТО, Saint-Petersburg, RU Multi Effect, Gallery Ihn, Seoul, KR 2012 The Curator’s Egg, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, UK 5th 4482[sasapari] Map the Korea, Bargehouse in Oxo Tower, London, UK Paradise, Ventura Lambrate, Milan, Italy Place not found, Smokehouse Gallery, London, UK Show RCA 2012, Royal College of Ar t, London, UK 2011 4th 4482[sasapari] Rhizosphere, Bargehouse in Oxo Tower, London, UK Merry-Go-Round to Hell, School Keeper House, London, UK Construct, RCA Photography Show at Folkstone Triennial, Folkstone, UK Alt. +1000 Photo Festival, Rossiniere, Switzerland BITTERSWEET/thunderspace, Hanmi Gallery, London, UK Ar t From the Hear t 2011, 25CPW, New York, USA 2010 Rehearse, Rewind and Repeat, Ohio University Seigfred Gallery, OH, USA Encave, Red Eye Gallery, RI, USA Senior Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, RI, USA New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, RI, USA Future’s future’s future, Korean Cultural Center, London, UK
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This catalogue is published by HADA Contemporary to accompany the exhibition:
JE BAAK & AHN JINKYUN 6 - 23 FEBRUARY 2014 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.