In commemorating the 10th anniversary of Leeum, PLATEAU, Saumsung Museum of Art is pleased to present Spectrum-Spectrum, an exhibition examining the diverse spectrum of Korean contemporary art today. This exhibition takes ARTSPECTRUM, Leeum’s core biennial program for emerging artists, as point of departure. Since 2001, ARTSPECTRUM has presented over forty-eight artists over its five installments. Inviting seven past participants of ARTSPECTRUM along with seven peer artists of their recommendation, Spectrum-Spectrum honors Leeum’s past decade of accomplishments, at the same time layering PLATEAU’s expanded perspective as way of exploring new grounds for modifying and sustaining existing exhibition platforms.
The fourteen participating artists (teams) in the exhibition, including Kim Beom-Kiljong Arcade, MeeNa & Sasa[44]-Sulki & Min, Jinnie Seo-Young In Hong, Inhwan Oh-Meehye Lee, Dongi Lee-Juri Lee, Hyungkoo Lee-Jihyun Jung, Suejin Chung-Hyounsoo Kyung, each seek their own solutions and answers to the realities they are faced with as artists today. From a puzzling maze as metaphor of life, envisioning multiple alternatives to the historical narrative, to proposing a new business model of art production, the shrewd sense of reality expressed in the various artistic forms will provide ample grounds for visualizing their unique insights.
Testing the strategies of variation, expansion and repetition, Spectrum-Spectrum incorporates the concept of two intersecting spectrums (meaning “specter” or “apparition” in Latin), as way of repositioning the relationship of Leeum and PLATEAU. Like a branch extending from the base gaining its own momentum of vitality, this exhibition, which expands itself on the subjective vision and active curatorial participation by the artists, hopes to provide a meaningful opportunity for envisioning new possibilities for Korean contemporary art.
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Kiljong Arcade
Ah different people call it, Oh different things, 2014
courtesy of the artist