PBG is pleased to present Corolla: A Moment So Sweet, a solo exhibition by Chung Shin. Marking a significant development in the artist’s practice, the exhibition highlights a body of work that has evolved from the formal language of points, lines, and planes into expanded explorations of structure, volume, and spatial experience.
Chung Shin’s inquiry begins with a fundamental question: why are human beings repeatedly drawn to flowers? Within the form of petals, the artist discovers the geometric order embedded in nature—such as the Golden Ratio, the Fibonacci sequence, and symmetry—and translates these principles into folded-paper constructions and sculptural forms. The repetitive act of folding functions not merely as a formal process, but as a tactile means of retracing the cognitive systems through which human civilization has sought to understand and organize the world.
Another central motif in the exhibition is the game board. Moving beyond the conventional square grid, Chung Shin introduces triangular, pentagonal, and hexagonal board structures to explore the diversity and potential of human existence. Flower-petal-shaped game pieces serve as metaphors for individual lives, while the expansive boards become stages upon which human experiences unfold.
Corolla: A Moment So Sweet reflects on humanity’s enduring desire to seek permanence through beauty despite the finite nature of existence. At the same time, the exhibition captures a pivotal moment in which Chung Shin’s visual language of points, lines, and planes expands into a new dimensional and spatial territory.
Chung Shin’s inquiry begins with a fundamental question: why are human beings repeatedly drawn to flowers? Within the form of petals, the artist discovers the geometric order embedded in nature—such as the Golden Ratio, the Fibonacci sequence, and symmetry—and translates these principles into folded-paper constructions and sculptural forms. The repetitive act of folding functions not merely as a formal process, but as a tactile means of retracing the cognitive systems through which human civilization has sought to understand and organize the world.
Another central motif in the exhibition is the game board. Moving beyond the conventional square grid, Chung Shin introduces triangular, pentagonal, and hexagonal board structures to explore the diversity and potential of human existence. Flower-petal-shaped game pieces serve as metaphors for individual lives, while the expansive boards become stages upon which human experiences unfold.
Corolla: A Moment So Sweet reflects on humanity’s enduring desire to seek permanence through beauty despite the finite nature of existence. At the same time, the exhibition captures a pivotal moment in which Chung Shin’s visual language of points, lines, and planes expands into a new dimensional and spatial territory.
