Installation
view of “Skins” ©Pipe GalleryPipe
Gallery presents “Skins”, a two-person exhibition featuring works by Hyunsung
Park and Jihyun Im, through November 2.
The
exhibition delves into the concept of ‘skin’ not merely as an external surface
but as a medium embodying material resistance and transformative possibilities.
It highlights how ‘skin’ serves as a connective tissue between the internal and
external, becoming a boundary space that oscillates between materiality and
symbolism.
Installation view of “Skins” ©Pipe GalleryIn
Jihyun Im (b.1992)’s work, the tactile materiality of plants is reinterpreted
to visualize their vitality, with skin manifesting as an organic form and
expression of life force. The artist explores the material plasticity of
organic bodies through textured motifs like wrinkled petals and tendrils. For
example, the veins and petals of orchids are scratched with sandpaper,
accentuated with red tones and glossy surfaces to evoke a life like skin
texture.
Hyunsung
Park (b.1991) interprets ‘skin’ as a boundary that traverses the inside and
outside, metaphorically representing the human physical condition. In Hyunsung
Park’s work, skin operates as an agent of relational narratives—torn, stitched,
and merged with disparate materials like metal—constantly being reconfigured
through physical resistance.
Ji Yeon Lee has been working as an editor for the media art and culture channel AliceOn since 2021 and worked as an exhibition coordinator at samuso (now Space for Contemporary Art) from 2021 to 2023.
