Hakgojae Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Paik Sun Kim, who works broadly as an architect, a designer and an art director. The artist has made this exhibition in a way of reviewing the spaces and cultural projects he has done in various areas. This exhibition explores the value of space and culture including the possibility of bridging the gap between traditions and contemporary cultures and the issues on improving the awareness on residential culture. His video, photograph and installation works will show the process of projects he has done, and also on view, there will be ink works which highlights the artist’s experiences from studying oriental painting.
The artist sees his projects in architecture, design, and art directing as a one connected projects, and aims to make work that raises the level of our everyday happiness. KIM’s work is persistently concerned with Sa-uie-seong(recognizing the spirit of a thing rather than the appearances) which has the eastern aesthetic basis of space, valuing the nature. Video installation presents his recent projects; especially , 墨香)-Millenary Jeonju Masterpiece ‘Onn’(2010)> shows the artist’s perspective of suggesting the traditional culture to be shared and consumed by the contemporaries rather than keeping the value of it by the purpose of preservation.
