“Walking the In-Between” Installation view at Peres Projects ©Peres ProjectsGerman gallery Peres Projects has moved to Samcheong-dong, Seoul, about a year after opening a branch in the basement of the Shilla Hotel in Jangchung-dong last April, reflecting the expansion of the domestic art market. The gallery, which celebrated its 20th -anniversary last year and opened branches in Milan, Italy, and Seoul, moved to a four-floor building, using the first and second floors as exhibition halls and the third and fourth floors as offices.
At the same time as the move, Peres Projects is holding two reopening exhibitions. Walking the In-Between, a solo exhibition by Cece Philips (b. 1996), and The New, New, a group exhibition featuring seven artists, will both be on view from April 28 to June 11.
Cece Philips (b. 1996) is a British figurative painter whose first solo exhibition in Asia and second at Peres Projects will feature a total of nine paintings. Continuing her exploration of liminal spaces, times, and situations, the artist’s works take the viewer on a stroll through metropolises reminiscent of London, Florence, and California, with women of color in suits. Observing everyday encounters, often at night, through open windows, on opposite sidewalks, in bushes, or behind couches, C.C. Phillips deliberately places the viewer in a voyeuristic position.
“The New New” Installation view at Peres Projects ©Peres ProjectsThe group exhibition The New, New presents nine new works created for the reopening. The works are by seven artists from the Peres Projects program and are noteworthy from a global perspective. The seven artists are Rafa Silvares, Emily Ludwig Shaffer, George Rouy, Anton Munar, Jeremy, Paolo Salvador, and Austin Lee, who hail from different parts of the world and whose new approaches to figurative painting are blazing new trails in how we see and interpret the world.
The Peres Projects is a gallery based in Berlin, Germany, with a mission to promote and introduce promising but lesser-known artists to a wider audience. The existing space in the Shilla Hotel, where it was originally located, is currently being repurposed.
