“The Wanderer” Installation view at Arario Gallery Seoul ©Arrario GalleryFrom July 12 to August 19, Arario Gallery Seoul is pleased to present The Wanderer, a solo exhibition by artist Seungae Lee (b. 1979). The artist connects the concept of “artwork” to the process of transcending experiences and memories, allowing her works to operate fluidly with their own time and space. Also, she expresses the sense of online communication and loss during the pandemic.
The exhibition presents 10 works across the B1, first, and third floors, including the drawing animation < The Wanderer > (2023). (2023) was recently shown at the Gwangju Biennale. < The Wanderer > (2023) is based on the motif of the Korean purification ritual, a ritual that guides the dead. The tools found in these rituals are woven together to form the figure of ‘The Wanderer’. Another animation, < Distant Room > (2021-2022) stems from the artist’s experience of being unable to visit her London studio in person during the pandemic. She has to communicate others with online to organize her belongings. The artist rearranges the virtual landscape in response to the gap between the space beyond the screen and the actual space.
The exhibition also includes the collage murals < The Wanderer Ⅲ >(2023) and the series < Distant Room > (2021-2022). The works in the exhibition provide an opportunity to explore Seung Ae’s themes, such as ‘light’ and ‘soul’, and her unique methodological expression over the years.
