“Autohypnosis” Installation view at G Gallery ©G GalleryAutohypnosis, an exhibition featuring artists Dew Kim, Kai Oh, and Hannah Woo, will be on view at G Gallery from July 12 to August 12.
The exhibition explores the artists’ creative process by viewing it as a process of ‘spells’. ‘Autohypnosis’ means self-hypnosis, and the exhibition connects this process to the process of building an artist’s identity, which occurs in conjunction with the form of medium. The exhibition adds a romantic and mythological interpretation by focusing on ‘spells’, especially the spell of concealment. It aims to shed light on the creative process as an attempt by the artists to remain in the present while simultaneously defending themself through other objects.
Dew Kim’s work explores the intersections of hypocrisy and desire, paying attention to BDSM culture, queer language, religion, shamanism, and K-pop. In this exhibition, he presents works that relate to the body and the performance of the body, playing with the boundaries of cultural identity and taboo as he has experienced. Kai Oh presents a series of fabric installations in which she stacks printed images on cloth. The artist continues her formal experimentation with the materials and techniques she uses, showing the flatness of the medium of photography and its material texture and thickness. Adding to the tendency of her work to deal with sensations that begin inside the body but extend outside the body, Hannah Woo talks about the inevitable inner conflict of being an artist. In her new work < Finger > (2023), she focuses on image of needle and thread to capture these stories.
The exhibition brings together the themes that each of the artists delves into and illuminates their works alongside their new pieces.
