NOTE FOR AHN(安), GALLERY 175, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, 2019

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Exhibition Note for AHN (安) was a two-person exhibition I organized with Ahn Jaeyoung, which began from the question of whether an individual could escape from being possessed — one of the mysterious symptoms containing elements of superstition from Korea. The exhibition, tracks how images attained from one’s superstitious beliefs relate to mythical and religious images, then recombines and deconstructs them. Under our collaboration lies the hope to contact invisible but clearly existing sensual phenomena, and to together overcome anxieties, interpreting  phenomena as the destiny of artist/mediator. 

 

Paying attention to the number of tattoos on Ahn Jaeyoung‘s body (the Chinese character 安, a blue diamond, an arrow, a red-haired Anne, Piglet, Mickey Mouse, and an epitaph of Nikos Kazantzakis), I interpreted each image as a charm to ward off Ahn’s anxieties. I then, researched mythical and religious imagery in order to strengthen the shamanistic narrative. Observing that the number 12 frequently works as important motive in the myths of many different cultures, I set  Ahn Jaeyoung‘s birthday, December 12, as a central axis and tried to discover the references to god-related signs from the number 12. Combining the symbolic world of the image, language, color, and numbers from ancient myths from twelve animals that guards tombs, I created a chart for a system of faith and proposed a psychological space for a praying man, just like the secret connotation of the ancient character, 安

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 NOTE FOR AHN(安), GALLERY 175, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, 2019

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Exhibition Note for AHN (安) was a two-person exhibition I organized with Ahn Jaeyoung, which began from the question of whether an individual could escape from being possessed — one of the mysterious symptoms containing elements of superstition from Korea. The exhibition, tracks how images attained from one’s superstitious beliefs relate to mythical and religious images, then recombines and deconstructs them. Under our collaboration lies the hope to contact invisible but clearly existing sensual phenomena, and to together overcome anxieties, interpreting  phenomena as the destiny of artist/mediator. 

 

Paying attention to the number of tattoos on Ahn Jaeyoung‘s body (the Chinese character 安, a blue diamond, an arrow, a red-haired Anne, Piglet, Mickey Mouse, and an epitaph of Nikos Kazantzakis), I interpreted each image as a charm to ward off Ahn’s anxieties. I then, researched mythical and religious imagery in order to strengthen the shamanistic narrative. Observing that the number 12 frequently works as important motive in the myths of many different cultures, I set  Ahn Jaeyoung‘s birthday, December 12, as a central axis and tried to discover the references to god-related signs from the number 12. Combining the symbolic world of the image, language, color, and numbers from ancient myths from twelve animals that guards tombs, I created a chart for a system of faith and proposed a psychological space for a praying man, just like the secret connotation of the ancient character, 安

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Installation view of Jan van eyck academie openstudios 2021                                                                                      Still cut, The geometry of the hunter, Single channel video, 2021

 

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소  보  람     

  • 소개
  • 박제술사의 대기실 2021
  • 사냥꾼의 기하학 2021
  • 목격자를 찾습니다 2020
  • 안(安)을 위한 노트 2019
  • 가면대여소 2017
  • 그 Vs그것 2017
  • 데자뷰_밤의 조각들 2017
  • 시선의 가장자리에 2017
  • 눈동자 넓이의 구멍으로 볼 수 있는 것 2016
  • 404㎢에 관한 지질학 2016
  • 달의 지도 2015
  • 바람은 바람의 법칙을 따른다 2014
  • 알렉시아 2013
  • 무제 2012
  • 텍스트 2017
  • 텍스트 2013
  • 토크
  • 약력

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