"Hidden Rhythm" is a duo exhibition where artists Kim Min-Kyung and Jung Yeon-Yeon treat the topic of masks, emotions and undercurrents from their own perspectives. There is a way a person looks on the surface that betrays nothing of the inner turmoil they might be going through. We wear masks and these masks are more laboured and somewhat "plastic" the more distress we feel inside. Yet, we can sometimes feel the vibration of a person through the mask; we catch glimpses of the "structural rhythm of the self".
"The Enduring Trace" by Yoon Seok-Hee consists of traditional copperplate prints mixed with lacquer. Standing in front of the artworks one can feel the heaviness of the materials. While oil, acrylic and print can be somewhat ignored as a medium, metal and stone can't. They give weight to the traditional images carved into the copperplate thereby giving weight to the tradition of Korean folk paintings itself.
As 2025 draws to a close and people plan holidays and family visits, artist Lee Mi-Kyung invites us to revisit tradition and simple village life. The end of one year is always a period of retrospection, reflections and conclusions - revisiting countryside homes, childhood memories and family dynamics is a way to connect with the very foundation of our lives. While some will be doing so physically, this exhibition is for those who would like to travel internally to the origins of their own destinies; reconnect with their own past and arrange the pieces of 2025 in a coherent narrative.
Je Mi-Young's "The Landscape of my Memory" offers us another variation on the same topic with a focus on rooftops as symbols of home, protection, safety, mother, childhood. They are also a reference to small villages with their clustered rooftops - a reference also to the simple community life of the past.
Kim Ji-Yong’s high-gloss polymer and stainless-steel sculptures capture us with the interplay between vivid colours and restrained forms. The result is a spatial choreography that is oddly satisfying to look at.
Han Hye-Sun's latest solo exhibition is a quiet meditation on time. Ceramics, created by earth (the source of life and a symbol of a cycle) and fire (passion, anger, drive to achieve), is the most suitable material to portray the passage of time. It can act as a record of living time and a metaphor for our own lives and selves - our bodies also come from the earth (through food) and we are driven by our desires and passions and as time goes by we slowly are molded into ourselves.
Lee Kwang's "Space Tiger" explores the tiger as an inner feeling. Having experienced domestic violence as a child, the artist grew up to associate her feelings with this animal. This exhibition invites us to reflect on how personal trials can be transformed into something better and more beautiful.
The last two exhibitions are by artists Kim En Joong and Song Kyung who have Catholic backgrounds.
Kim En Joong reflects on the martyrdom spirituality of the Korean Catholic Church and the Jeoldusan Martyrs’ Shrine. Song Kyung focuses on the importance of church community and the unity of faith and art.
