PBG presents a group exhibition Rewoven and Revealed centered on the works of Kang Junyoung(b.1979), Kim Hyunsoo(b.1992), and Tae Woo(b.1984), offering a fresh interpretation of Korean sensibilities through a contemporary lens. The strength of Korean contemporary art today lies in its ability to freely traverse boundaries—between tradition and modernity, East and West, abstraction and figuration—while establishing each artist’s unique sensibility.
This exhibition showcases how these three artists create new visual languages by weaving together tradition and modernity, memory and experience, all rooted in Korean aesthetics. Korean identity is no longer a fixed concept; it continuously expands and is reinterpreted through interactions with its surroundings and diverse cultural encounters. The works of these artists reveal the spectrum of Korean contemporary art as it unfolds through such layered sensibilities.
Kang Junyoung combines childhood memories of white porcelain encountered at his grandmother’s home with graffiti-like expressions experienced abroad during his youth, presenting works where past and present, East and West, personal memory and contemporary vision coexist. Kim Hyunsoo abstracts memories drawn from Jeju’s natural landscapes into symbolic forms such as circles and triangles, rendered in deep green hues, creating compositions where inner landscapes and traditional sensibilities harmonize. Tae Woo reinterprets the aesthetics of traditional Korean landscape painting by incorporating the tiger—a symbol of family protection—as a motif, crafting unique landscapes where tradition and modernity intersect with humor and wit.
This exhibition showcases how these three artists create new visual languages by weaving together tradition and modernity, memory and experience, all rooted in Korean aesthetics. Korean identity is no longer a fixed concept; it continuously expands and is reinterpreted through interactions with its surroundings and diverse cultural encounters. The works of these artists reveal the spectrum of Korean contemporary art as it unfolds through such layered sensibilities.
Kang Junyoung combines childhood memories of white porcelain encountered at his grandmother’s home with graffiti-like expressions experienced abroad during his youth, presenting works where past and present, East and West, personal memory and contemporary vision coexist. Kim Hyunsoo abstracts memories drawn from Jeju’s natural landscapes into symbolic forms such as circles and triangles, rendered in deep green hues, creating compositions where inner landscapes and traditional sensibilities harmonize. Tae Woo reinterprets the aesthetics of traditional Korean landscape painting by incorporating the tiger—a symbol of family protection—as a motif, crafting unique landscapes where tradition and modernity intersect with humor and wit.
