Seongsan Art Hall

Jiyoung Yoon, Title Not Necessary, 2017, acrylic paint on paper, foamex board, fabrics, etc, 10 × 100 × 120 cm, Painting: Robert Thomson, Yoonbin Choi, Jiyoung Yoon

Title Not Necessary presents a layered world in a “flap book” format that invites the viewer to move their bodies to leaf through. In the 17th century, the flap book was used as a device to explore the interior of the human body by flipping open the layered pages; here, the artist uses the format’ to re-describe and partially rearrange her work. This piece shows how the artist can reinterpret her older works and use the archive to create a new language.
* This work will have its pages turned once every week for the duration of the exhibition, making a different section of the book visible each time.

 

Seongsan Art Hall

Jiyoung Yoon, Brood Over_Optimal?, 2020, mixed media, 240 × 69 × 52 cm

Jiyoung Yoon’s Brood Over_Optimal? seeks to capture the moment when the post-pandemic body’s sense of isolation becomes an excess of self-consciousness. Yoon is interested in the phenomenon of an individual who, finding themselves in some unavoidable situation or environment, makes a move toward improving said lot. This oddly colored square pillar is slightly bent, just barely leaning against the wall. The apparent discomfort of the figure, with its straight corners yet twisted form, illustrates the individual transmission of the social ripples that surround us.