
Title : °ûÇÑ¿ï °³ÀÎÀü "Flat Void"
Date : 15th, Aug. ~ 07th, Sep., 2025
Opening : 15th, Aug., 2025 (Fri.) 4 PM
Place : Artertain (Yeonhi-dong, Seodaemungu)
Curator : Heeseung Hwang (+82 (0)2-6160-8445)
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Landscape of Lines
In the realm of painting, the
act of standing before the picture plane extends beyond a mere exploration
of visual perception; it implies a tacit attempt to access an entirely
different world, guided by the mind. In contemporary society, the pictorial
plane regains its original function as painting not when it serves as
a simple conduit for logical thought or emotional memory, but when it
operates as a threshold to another time and space. Hanoul Gwak¡¯s practice
originates from this awareness of the fundamental nature of the pictorial
field. The artist regards the picture plane as a possibility?an imagined
elsewhere?and investigates the diverse relationships and structures
that emerge within it.
A frame, by its very nature, restricts the expansiveness of vision;
paradoxically, however, it enables a heightened concentration that invites
a multiplicity of imaginative engagements. Gwak delves into this duality
of the frame, offering experiences that traverse the boundaries between
the ¡®inside¡¯ and ¡®outside¡¯ of the image. Consequently, the pictorial
plane no longer remains a fixed boundary of imagery, but rather operates
as a medium for expanding thought and perception.
Within the surface, lines emerge and dissolve in an incessant rhythm.
At times, they appear in orderly sequences; at others, they entangle
unpredictably, constructing and deconstructing the very structure of
the picture. The recognition of one line is immediately unsettled by
the disjunction of another, generating a visual experience charged with
tension and release. These lines function not merely as formal elements
but as traces of the artist¡¯s thought?an autonomous visual language
rooted in the unconscious beneath the act of thinking.
Dots lingering upon these lines imply motion and rhythm, while gradations
of tone evoke mutable spaces. Yet, spectral residues hover across the
plane, resistant to complete erasure and refusing objecthood. They persist
in an indeterminate state, revealing a realm that operates at the margins
of perception?an intimation of the unknown that exposes both the limitations
and the potentialities of vision itself.
Occasionally, a thin membrane or mesh emerges across certain parts of
the work, ostensibly obstructing the viewer¡¯s gaze. Yet this is not
an act of absolute occlusion; rather, it functions as a device that
provokes a heightened awareness of seeing. The image beyond the mesh
does not constitute a resolved landscape, but an evolving terrain?continuously
generated and dismantled, harboring latent possibilities of extension.
Of particular significance is Gwak¡¯s pursuit of ¡°a restrained device
that extends beyond the pictorial frame¡±, through which he explores
new horizons of painting. These devices liberate the frame from its
closed condition, enabling its interaction and resonance with other
pictorial planes. His installations invite the viewer into a dynamic
experience of physical and psychological movement, transforming the
frame from a sealed boundary into a network of thought.
Ultimately, Gwak¡¯s practice can be understood as an investigation into
the visual language born within multilayered frames?an endeavor that
foregrounds not the presentation of a completed image, but the process
of formation itself. The material residues of thought?whether in the
traces of erasure or in pigments ground into powder and reconstituted?become
the very evidence of an evolving mental landscape. In repeatedly confronting
and traversing the frame, the viewer is returned to the threshold once
more, caught in a cycle that poses fundamental questions: What is it
that we see? And by whose agency is the act of seeing made possible?
Gwak¡¯s works articulate a provisional order within ambiguity, prompting
viewers to reflect on the relational dynamics between their gaze and
perception. His pictorial landscapes of lines do not assert closure,
but instead open onto fields of possibility. The interplay of lines,
points, and veils across these planes creates a network through which
new sensorial and conceptual terrains may be explored?inviting a renewed
journey into the experience of painting itself.
(Text by Gustav Daishik Yim)
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