[What to see] Autumn gallery-hopping in Seoul

A lot of new artwork exhibitions have begun in Seoul, inviting the aesthetically inclined to take an autumn stroll to one of many metropolis’s many galleries. The next is a collection of three exhibits that stand out, that includes works by worldwide artists.

An set up view of Martin Boyce’s exhibition “Celestial Snowdrops” in Seoul (Courtesy of Galerie Eva Presenhuber)

Galerie Eva Presenhuber’s pop-up exhibition in Seoul

Based mostly in Zurich and Vienna, Galerie Eva Presenhuber has opened a pop-up exhibition with Seoul-based P21 gallery in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, showcasing a solo exhibition by Scottish artist Martin Boyce.

The exhibition “Celestial Snowdrops” facilities round a cell set up known as “The Weight of the Tides,” which comes into view upon getting into the gallery. The artist compares cell works to reminiscences or goals, during which fragmented components attempt to kind a whole picture however stay unstable, continually shifting, in line with Galerie Eva Presenhuber.

Three framed woodblock panels are a part of the exhibition, every woodblock bearing a phrase — “Oceans,” “Falling” and “At all times” – forming a three-word poem. Boyce obtained the Turner Prize in 2011 and represented Scotland on the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. The exhibition in Seoul runs by way of Nov. 30.

An set up view of “Double Gemini” at Gladstone in Seoul (Courtesy of the gallery)

Richard Aldrich’s first present at Gladstone in Seoul

New York-based artist Richard Aldrich opens his first solo exhibition in Seoul at Gladstone Gallery Seoul in Gangnam-gu, southern Seoul, bringing collectively work and sculptures from the previous decade. The artist has explored the recontextualization of objects and concepts, forging new relationships and which means throughout types, mediums and scale.

“Initially I had the thought to think about the 2 flooring of the gallery as the twin sides of a character. Personalities normally have greater than two sides, however for the sake of the present, I believed that it could possibly be generalized into two,” the artist mentioned of the exhibition.

Aldrich alludes to a wide selection of influences, starting from artwork historical past to in style tradition and science fiction. He has developed a visible language that navigates binaries in summary and figurative types whereas teetering between the conceptual and the bodily properties in his mark-making. The exhibition runs till Dec. 21.

“#A04” by Thilo Heinzmann (Courtesy of the artist, Perrotin)

Thilo Heinzmann’s deliberate accident work

German painter Thilo Heinzmann has collected lots of of several types of pigments from across the globe. The artist has returned together with his signature “pigment work” at Perrotin Seoul, the place his first Seoul exhibition was held in 2017.

Heinzmann’s pigment work characteristic summary compositions of divergent and overlapping tangential calligraphic marks augmented with bursts of pure pigment exploding throughout the floor. The exhibition “upfront, wild and unchained” contains some 10 current untitled summary work.

The artist’s rhythmical pigment work emerge from a course of that he predetermines, however this additionally results in likelihood encounters past his management. Heinzmann makes these works in a backyard courtyard subsequent to his studio and exposes vibrant pollen-like pigments to pure components such because the wind. The exhibition on the Perrotin Seoul in Gangnam-gu will run by way of Dec. 21.