Unexpected transformations:
Twelve distinct artistic views on self-rediscovery
Bibimbop is a traditional Korean dish that is appreciated around the world, served in a bowl of various sautéed and seasoned vegetables, mixed with rice, and topped with a distinct spicy sauce. The different flavors of individual ingredients, when complemented with the strong binding taste of the sauce, are transformed into a dish that is greater than the sum of its parts.
The exhibition features twelve Korean artists currently based in the United States, working in various forms such as illustration, industrial design, graphic design, and fashion design.
Living far from one's cultural roots is the common denominator of these individuals -- each work demonstrates the artist's unique point of view formed through the process of redefining themselves in a new environment.
Dongyun Lee illustrates the liberating nature of self-transformation, while an androgynous collection created by Min Lee invites you to obscure and shift one's identity. Bosung Kim's kinetic chandelier allows dynamic moods to be manifested in a given space, not unlike Sanghoon Kim’s room divider that addresses the phenomenon of light in changing time and perspective. E Roon Kang's installation offsets our belief in the exponential virtue of digital media and Keywon Chung's work transforms a bodily action into a virtual action via gestural interface. Yeju Choi plays with viewer's subjectivity in act of seeing through her book and posters, while Sohin Hwang and Jaekyung Jung experiment with the (re)arrangement of socio-technologically accepted norms through an artistic research platform.
A message from this show is that personal transformations enable the artists to navigate the virtual and physical space more freely and consciously. Mixing these distinctive ingredients of varied artistic views and topping them with an intense process of self-rediscovery resulted in an original exhibition to be held in February called "Bibimbop—Unexpected Transformations."
Curated by Dongyun Lee, Min Lee
Graphic Design: Yeju Choi, E Roon Kang
Artists:
You Byun, Hyunyoo Cho, Yeju Choi, Keywon Chung, Sohin Hwang, Jaekyung Jung, E Roon Kang, Bosung Kim, Sang Hoon Kim, Dongyun Lee, Min Lee, Junggi Sung
