Detail of The Territory of Matters
       
     
<(    )> the 3rd Solo Exhibition at Artbit Gallery, Seoul
       
     
Weight Painting
       
     
Weight Painting 26.71oz
       
     
Weight Painting 30.06oz
       
     
A Monument of Multi-Purpose, Painterly Side
       
     
A Monument of Multi-Purpose
       
     
Detail of Painterly Side
       
     
Painterly Side
       
     
Exhibition View, Artbit Gallery, Seoul
       
     
An Approach to Painting 180°
       
     
Weight Painting - A Few Spoons
       
     
The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters
       
     
Detail of The Territory of Matters
       
     
Detail of The Territory of Matters
<(    )> the 3rd Solo Exhibition at Artbit Gallery, Seoul
       
     
<( )> the 3rd Solo Exhibition at Artbit Gallery, Seoul

Re-endowing the Common through Resisting the Common

Youngjoo Kim's solo exhibition '( )'for resistance to the era of excessive art and artistic images

The artist presents the planarity of color and form that seems almost absent-minded, stating: "Canvas is not a subject for reenacting something or for creating a new image through instructions or projection. The creator's inertial works of calling may appear obvious but in modern society it is like mythology that has lost its power." Whatever it is that holes long durability, 'it' by itself holds convention and inertia. With a resisting attitude, the artist questions the listless and repetitive habits and gives the 'planar' place value to the deeds and results of the pre-existing, endowing a new understanding and novelty to the original state.

Through creating an experimental frame, this exhibition breaks from the conventional conditions surrounding images and painting on canvas, which is the icon of tradition, and delivers the independence and expressive perception of the creator in the era of excessive images.

Sangsoo Yook (Art Critic)

기존성에 항거해 기존성을 재부여하다

예술 혹은 예술적 이미지 과잉 시대를 항거를 위한 김영주 작가의 개인전 <( )>

작가는 “나에게 캔버스는 무엇을 재현하거나 지시 혹은 투영을 통한 새로운 이미지를 만드는 대상이 아니다. 소명과도 같은 창작자의 관성적 작업이 얼핏 당연해 보일 수도 있겠지만 이미 현대 사회에서는 동력을 잃은 신화 같다.” 라고 말하면서 무심한 듯한 색과 형태의 평면성을 선보인다.

오랜 지속성을 가진 그 무엇이든, 자체(自體)로서의 관습과 관성을 가진다. 작가는 이런 나른한 반복적 습관에 대해 의문과 반발적 의도를 가지고 기성의 행위와 결과에 ‘평면적’ 위치 값을 매김으로써 원형의 재인식과 동시에 새로움을 부여했다.

이번 전시는 전통의 아이콘인 캔버스에 이미지와 회화를 둘러싼 관례적 조건을 탈피하는 실험적 화면을 만듦으로 이미지 과잉의 시대에 창작자의 독립성과 인식의 환기를 전해준다.

육상수(미술평론가)

Weight Painting
       
     
Weight Painting

Acrylic on canvas, 2019

Weight Painting 26.71oz
       
     
Weight Painting 26.71oz

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 115x115x23cm

Weight Painting 30.06oz
       
     
Weight Painting 30.06oz

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 113x115x16cm

A Monument of Multi-Purpose, Painterly Side
       
     
A Monument of Multi-Purpose, Painterly Side

Acrylic on cancas, wood, 2019

A Monument of Multi-Purpose
       
     
A Monument of Multi-Purpose

Acrylic on canvas, wood, 2019, 21x21x160cm each

Detail of Painterly Side
       
     
Detail of Painterly Side

Acrlyic on canvas, torn fabric and wood, 2019, 62x62x8cm

Painterly Side
       
     
Painterly Side

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 53x53x10cm

Exhibition View, Artbit Gallery, Seoul
       
     
Exhibition View, Artbit Gallery, Seoul
An Approach to Painting 180°
       
     
An Approach to Painting 180°

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 120x120x17cm

Weight Painting - A Few Spoons
       
     
Weight Painting - A Few Spoons

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 35x38x11cm (left), 43.5x45x11cm (right)

The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters

Acrylic on canvas, wood and thread, 2019, 91x150x16cm each

The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters

Acrylic on canvas, wood and thread, 2019, 91x150x16cm

The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters

Acrylic on canvas, wood and thread, 2019, 91x150x16cm

The Territory of Matters
       
     
The Territory of Matters

Acrylic on canvas, 2019, 75x117x13cm