“A Glimpse of Our Time” Installation view at Kumho Museum of Art ©Kumho Museum of ArtFrom August 16 to October 22, the Kumho Museum of Art will showcase A Glimpse of Our Time, an exhibition featuring eight artists. The exhibition explores how contemporary artists view today’s society.
The exhibition will be held on four floors. Jiyen LEE and Yongsun YOO will present works centered on capital and consumption. Through hand-weaving discarded banknotes with the cooperation of the Bank of Korea, Jiyen Lee aims to give artistic possibilities to deconstructed currency and talk about the fluid and circular value of capital. Yongsun YOO explores our psychology in the current consumer culture through colorful paintings that borrow logos and patterns from famous brands. Ahram JEONG, Goyona JUNG, and Hyesoo PARK bring today’s society to the forefront. Ahram JEONG visualizes the gaze of a platform delivery rider, Goyona JUNG captures contemporary sentiments by collecting photos from social media, and Hyesoo PARK reminds us of the values we forget through a project about love and heartbreak and a workshop video about a hikikomori. In other works, Seungeun SONG and Mina HAM look into the mind of an individual living in the modern world, while Seungwon YANG creates places where the boundaries between virtuality and reality are blurred through digital images that he photographed or manipulated.
Although they use different themes and mediums, their work captures current emotions and provokes empathy and reflection.
