KICHE presents “Here, Me,” a two-person exhibition featuring HWANG Wonhae and KWON Hyun Bhin, on view through November 16.

This exhibition delves into the materiality and (non-)place that the two artists explore, emphasizing these elements not simply as objects or locations, but as traces and continuities of events spanning from the distant past to the present. Central to the artists' practices is the notion of "distance from the subject." While their work closely engages with the physical properties of objects and spaces, both HWANG and KWON maintain a deliberate detachment, resisting the replication of representational imagery.

KWON Hyun Bhin (b. 1991) contemplates everyday landscapes and objects, like nature, over extended periods, imagining their potential as sculptures. In the ever-changing natural world, she simultaneously senses boundless possibilities and limitations, gradually closing the gap between himself and the materials she works with. She primarily engages in sculptural practices using materials such as artificial Styrofoam and natural stone.

HWANG Wonhae (b. 1989) rediscovers the exterior elements of the buildings that constitute urban landscapes and expressively breathes life into the spatiality (i.e. narratives and history) embedded in them. By repeatedly adding, spilling, and wiping paint on the canvas, she builds multiple layers to capture its ever-changing internal and external dynamism.

“Here, Me”
2024.10.17 - 2024.11.16
Tue-Sat 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
KICHE
20 Buckchon-ro 5ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea

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.