Installation view of “After Hours” ©ONE AND J. GalleryONE
AND J. Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition “After Hours” on view
through January 25. The exhibition “After Hours” grew out of a question
regarding how we experience contemporary art.
The
entire process of art enjoyment—from the creation of the artwork by the artist
to its appreciation by gallery visitors—involves a variety of sensations and
emotions experienced by all involved parties. This exhibition, in particular, focuses
on the feeling of “improvisation” as a means of further exploring the
experience of contemporary art. In this context, improvisation refers to the
externalization of an individual, ever-changing affect expressed within the
structures and conditions of the surrounding society.
Improvisation
can be understood as a “vibration” that continually responds to changes in the
present moment while also serving as a motive force that drives the creativity
of the artist. The improvisational gestures that spring from each artist’s
unique approach to the creative process naturally differentiate artworks from
one another, creating a distance both from meta-discourses and the
monumentality of the artwork.
Installation view of “After Hours” ©ONE AND J. GalleryThis
exhibition focuses on each of the three participating artists’ individual
approaches to improvisation. Each artist begins by exploring the constituting
elements, materiality, and forms of their respective mediums. Then, in an
effort to bring clarity to the totality, each artist introduces variations that
reflect their own individual feelings and understandings.
Hana
Kim (b. 1986) does away with art conventions that provide stability and predictability,
choosing instead to paint in a state of vulnerability. For a painting surface,
she uses materials that are poor at absorbing paint, such as a polyester
blanket; she also uses restrained colors to evoke and manipulate subtle sensations
and creates blank white canvases that appear unfinished.
Installation view of “After Hours” ©ONE AND J. GalleryHansol
Kim (b. 1988) uses clothes commonly worn in everyday life to explore and
reconfigure the signs and other phenomena that can be discovered within social,
economic, and historical changes. The work Hansol Kim displays at this
exhibition utilizes camouflage patterns meant to disguise, adopting an approach
that involves varying the shape, color, and pattern of each piece according to
the environment.
Jungyoon
Hyen (b. 1990) continually crosses the boundary delineating the binary between
superiority and inferiority, exploring alternative modes of existence that
involve becoming a subject without excluding the Other. In this way, the
exhibition hall is transformed into an alternative space where each artist can
showcase their unique and intentional approach to art; the artworks on display
twist and wriggle their bodies to mediate intersubjectively between the
viewers, surrounding artworks, and space.
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.
