Could you please give us an introduction of the current exhibition at OPNNG this September?
If OPNNG has presented works by masters who have led Korean art history so far, this fall’s exhibition is mainly composed of works by contemporary artists. Artists living at the same time are in charge of ‘this moment’ among contemporary artists and prolong the history of art. I wanted to collect their brilliant images and show them in one space. Also, I thought that various people could come and appreciate the works because the exhibition point overlaps with the time of Frieze and KIAF. As always, this is 100% my own collection, and you can see the works of GRAFFLEX, N5BRA, Hernan Bas, XEVA, SAMBYPEN, Kim Seung-hyun, and Friedrich Kunath.
How many pieces are inside your wine bar? Could you please tell us some of the highlighted artworks by name and by the artist who made them?
I like all the works installed in the exhibition, but hanging the works of Friedrich Kunath and Kim Seung-hyun together in the private room is the most experimental installation.
Friedrich Kunath is already a world-famous contemporary artist, but Kim Seung-hyun is still not well-known in Korea. Kim Seung-hyun has a series of works called BORN SERIES, which is completed by writing only the text, “I WAS BORN TO DECORATE YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH YOUR (ARTIST NAME)” on the canvas. For example, you can do Lee Ufan and Gerhard Richter.
The artist’s works, which contain a rather amusing notion that the canvas itself was born to be next to a particular artist’s work, have a rule that never rework with the same writer, same size, same color, because a work that already meets three conditions can never be painted again.
I decided to hang the work of Friedrich Kunath, and at the same time, I asked Kim Seung-hyun to do a commissioned piece. I WAS BORN TO DECORATE YOUR LIVING ROOM WITH YOUR FRIEDRICH KUNATH was born next to Friedrich Kunath, but it’s a piece of imposing conceptual art and is installed with an independent caption. I hope that the works of two contemporary artists who live at the same time, but are completely different in composition, concept, age, and even fame, will be delivered to those who watch the exhibition as a scene where they cooperate and exchange energy.
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wazup.