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

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

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

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

소 보 람 SOH BORAM

06. Oct. South Korea.1984

work and live in Seoul, South Korea

2020-2021 Upcoming) Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands

2020 Residency Support program, Arts Council Korea

2020 Independent art festival Second wind, "Searching for witness", Jeonju, South Korea

2019 Two-person exhibition) Note for AHN, 175 gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2017 Residency program) Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

2017 Residency program) Jeonbuk Art Museum creation studio, Wanju, South Korea

2017 Solo project) Mask rental shop, Jeonju, South Korea

2017 Solo Exhibition) Somebody Vs Something, Myeongsan Inn, Jeonju, South Korea

2017 Support program of Exhibition, Jeonbuk Culture & Tourism foundation, South Korea

2016 Residency program) Wanju village art creation center Nu-e, Wanju, South Korea

2016 Grant from JEONJU CULTURAL FOUNDATION, Emerging Artist Award, South Korea

2016 Solo project) What can be seen through the width of a pupil, Jeonju, South Korea

2016 Solo exhibition) research on 404㎢, Oh jaemidong Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2015 Artist-Curator Workshop for emerging artists, ARKO Art Center, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Atelier Cuisine, 23 rue Clovis, 75005, Paris, France

2014 possibles d'un monde fragmenté, Exposition des félicités, Palais des beaux-arts, Paris, France

2008 A Room of One's Own, SPACE HAMM, Seoul, South Korea

2014 Ecole Nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, Post-diplôme, Paris, France

2013 Ecole Nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, DNSAP(MA) with congratulations of the jury, Paris, France

2008 Korea national university of arts, BA, Seoul, South Korea

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