“The Sunken Eyes Were Dim” Installation view at Doosan Gallery ©Doosan Gallery
Doosan Gallery will present The Sunken Eyes Were Dim, Doosan Humanities Theater Special Exhibition, from April 19 to May 20. The title of the exhibition, The Sunken Eyes Were Dim, is a metaphor for death, a distant sensation that we don’t want to face, but will come one day, as all our organs age and our physical abilities decline due to the passage of time.
This is a group exhibition featuring three artists, GuNa (b. 1982), Seo Young Chang (b. 1983), and Eun Chun (b. 1977), who reflect on the irresistible passage of time, which applies to all living things in the world.
GuNa shows installation sculptures. While the existing forms are smooth and white like traditional sculptures, the surfaces of the artist’s works are cracked, bent, and significantly altered, reminding us of sagging skin aged by the winds of time. Chang’s single-channel videos use a thin, wrinkled membrane as a screen and partition, rather than a solid wall or screen, to talk about old age and the sense of fading away in a limited space. Chun’s photographs capture the relationships between various living beings that she encounters in her life. The photographs of people and people who spend time together and rely on each other, large and small animals and people, plants and objects, are the fuel that helps us to dream about the moment and eternity.
Growing older is something that happens to everyone, but the degree to which we feel the passage of time varies depending on whether we are in our early, middle, or older years. These three artists share their perspectives on the passage of time and encourage us to recognize the time that is passing us by every moment.
