Hakgojae Gallery holds a solo exhibition of New York-Based artist Byoung Ok MIN (71). The exhibition ‘Conflating Spaces’ is Byoung Ok MIN’s first exhibition after 14 years of her absence in Korea since she had an exhibition at 63 Gallery in 1995. The existence of simple abstract elements and the tension between them in her art works stimulate sensibility of its viewers. Byoung Ok MIN believes that the artist and the viewers can communicate together through the art works. To act in accordance with her belief, Byoung Ok MIN has constantly communicated with the world through the abstract painting she creates over 50 years.

Abstract painting that shows an infinite of possibilities and experimental mind
Byoung Ok MIN emphasizes on the existence of each element and the tension between them. To the artist, the tension is a creation. It can be formed when the each existence is comprised in an equal gravity beyond its space. The existence is stimulation that comes in the response to each other regardless of its size or distance. The stimulation gives liveliness and vitality to the art works. Moreover, it reconstructs the world seen by the artist.

Unfinished Paradigm
In ‘Conflating Spaces,’ 16 art works are chosen from 1990 down to the present. The art works show the passion of Byoung Ok MIN who does not stop studying and working on the canvas in spite of her advanced age.