Rhetoric of the Images is a detailed study on images and the method of their existence in the ever diversifying landscape of contemporary art. Our goal is to present a new and constructive direction for Korean art.
This exhibition concentrates on the works of fourteen established artists who each have a unique place in Korea’s art scene. It will shed light on the images’ rhetoric, which induces communication with the public, thereby generating social meaning.

The works to be presented at the exhibition have been carefully picked from among pieces that can be immediately recognized as figurative “images,” with a view to eliciting discussion about what each of the fourteen artists are trying to express to the audience and what methods they have chosen to do so. This exhibition is composed of artists whose ages range from the forties to the sixties, so all of them have spent twenty, thirty or even forty years in the field experimenting with aesthetics and with variations throughout their career. Some may have settled for a specific method of expression, others are still on their way. Instead of categorizing the works by theme or concept, the exhibition is composed in such a way that the artists’ track can be followed through from start to finish.

In other words, this exhibition is an extensive study on master artists who are now pillars of the Korean contemporary art scene. Not only will the exhibition reveal to us the current whereabouts of our art, but it will also give us an idea of where it is heading.