Restoring Tradition and Emotion with Color and Light: Dual Solo Shows by Kwon Ki-soo and Kim Beom-su
Creatrip Team
4 months ago
Sabina Museum in Jin-gwan-dong, Seoul presents simultaneous solo exhibitions by Kwon Ki-soo and Kim Beom-su that blend traditional Korean aesthetics with contemporary technology. On the 2nd and 4th floors, Kwon’s ‘Saekjuk (色竹), Biseon (飛線)’ reinterprets bamboo — a classical motif in East Asian painting — using over 500 hand-mixed colors and installations (installation art). His “Saekjuk Project” translates the black-and-white spirit of ink painting (sumukhwa) into vivid color and digital structures, arguing that traditional painting remains a living artistic language. The 4th floor surveys two decades of Kwon’s exploration of Korean painting roots in “Geunwon Su-pil (根源隨筆) 2008–2024.” On the 3rd floor, Kim’s “Beyond Cinema: Reconstruction of Emotion” transforms discarded analog film (35mm, 16mm, 8mm) into 36 works — flat, sculptural, and installation pieces — cutting and arranging film strips into symmetrical and circular patterns, lit by LEDs to reveal hidden images. Kim treats film as a vessel of emotion and memory, freezing cinematic time into painterly color and structure. Both shows probe how color, light, and material can revive memories and reframe tradition in the AI and digital era. The exhibitions run through December 31.
