THEO invites you to the final exhibition in Sinsa & Lab201.

Eunju Kim(THEO), Yejoo Lee(Lab201) Exhibition

2024. 2. 3.

About Artsy Ocula

Artist

Eunju Kim (b.1992)

Focusing on the material 'light', which is essential for perceiving matter, the artist has been studying the fleeting and disappearing things from the perspective of particles and waves so that we can feel them closely through her works. The particles and waves of light in her works express various material sensations with various colors, and through this process, her waves of light begin with a sense of the 'invisible world' and then move on to reach the 'visible world'.

Yejoo Lee (b.1995)

Her work is an exploration of the complex relationship between the body and perception, exploring how the body is deeply connected to our identity and experience. Her work is shaped by the direct interaction between the artist's body and the sculpture, which acts not just as a medium but as a vehicle for the artist's memories, emotions, and psyche. In doing so, she provides an opportunity to consider how the body perceives the world and how this perception influences our behavior and perception.

The Blue Horizon

THEO presents 『The Blue Horizon』, a solo exhibition by Eunju Kim from Feb 3 to Feb 23, 2024.

Where sky and sea meet

In the windless zone near the equator, the sea is an azure surface with only a few wispy clouds floating above it, and the blue sky encompasses the surface. Thus, the blue horizon, where the sky and sea meet, is clearly the sky above and the sea below. You can only guess, but you can't tell, and you see no reason to. On the blue horizon, where the sky and the sea blend together and it's hard to tell the difference, the visual elements that we rely on are useless, and we can only barely accept the boundary through the process of sensing light itself. In this way, the exhibition proposes a "time of tranquility" where the viewer can experience light in a variety of ways.

The artist's blue horizon, waves, and multicolored feast of light, which resemble the calmness of the horizon between the sky and the sea in the middle of winter, are a record of the most comforting moments in the artist's experience. Everyone has moments of tranquility that they want to remember and cherish for a long time. For the artist, the horizon, which resembles an endless expanse of tranquility, was a medium to calm his mind and escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and he was healed by the shimmering light and rippling water. However, like all things fleeting, most of these moments are transitory and volatile, and it is these moments that Kim captures and perpetuates through her work.

For a long time, the horizontal state has been regarded as the most stable state and a symbol of balance. I hope that the viewers who visit and stay for a while will also feel the dense and enveloping feeling of the waves on the horizon where the sky and the sea meet, and will find inner tranquility."The horizontal state has long been considered a stable state and a symbol of balance. I hope that visitors who come and stay for a while will also feel the dense and enveloping sensation of the waves on the horizon where the sky and sea meet, and find inner tranquility.

Available List

Extended Body

THEO presents 『Extended Body』, a solo exhibition by Yejoo Lee from Feb 3 to Feb 23, 2024.

‘The body is our general medium for having world’

Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1945). Phenomenology of Perception

The exhibition "Extended Body" by Yejoo Lee (born in 1995) begins with a deep exploration of the centrality of the body and the boundaries of perception, and is deeply connected to Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological view of perception, in which the body goes beyond mere physical existence and is deeply connected to individual identity and experience. By translating these philosophical ideas into artistic language and presenting the artist's extended body, created through direct interaction with his own body and sculpture, the exhibition seeks to shed new light on the deep interconnectedness between body, matter, and sculpture.

Merleau-Ponty argued that the body is more than a mere physical presence but a key medium of experience and perception. Lee's abstract sculptures do not rely on pre-existing images but are the result of her physical experiences and memories being embodied in sculpture through a process of daily transformation. Therefore, they are more than just a mixture of plaster and fixed forms, but rather a medium for the artist's memories, emotions, and spirit. Hence, her body directly participates alongside the artist in the creative act. In this process, the body determines the artistic form and is seen as an extension of the artist's body.

In our daily lives, when we walk, talk, or touch something, we don't necessarily think about how our perceptions are the result of a process. However, with a little thought, it is easy to see that there are individual experiences beyond these perceptions, and our bodies are the medium that connects these experiences and perceptions. Lee's soft, tactile, and elongated bodies are not just shapes but works that can be interpreted in a variety of ways based on the viewer's own memories and experiences. By showing how the body perceives the world and how that perception affects the body's behavior and perception, we are invited to reexamine our own physical existence.