Now In Korea
Traces of Humanity in Earth and Stone — Expanding the Boundaries of Sculpture
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
Two major sculpture exhibitions in Seoul show how veteran Korean artists are pushing the medium’s limits. Jung Hyun (69) presents a 34-year survey, “His Overlapping Moments,” at PKM Gallery, featuring 84 works from 1991–2025. Known for expressive clay figures, Jung has explored weathered materials such as railroad ties, rebar and charcoal to reveal time’s imprint and human traces. New works return to the human form — including a series of white bronze heads made by compressing clay and a large outdoor white aluminum piece created by 3D-scanning the historic Supo-gyo (water gauge bridge) element from the Joseon era — marking his first notable use of digital techniques. Park Eun-sun (60) opens “Space of Healing” at Gana Art Center with 22 sculptures and 19 paintings. Based in Italy, Park is known for breaking and reassembling stones; her new 3.3 m towers of stacked, colored stones reach skyward and embody personal resilience. She also experiments by adding sound and LED light to stone—suspended marble spheres collide to produce sound, and hollowed stones with LEDs form luminous “Infinite Pillars,” evoking hope after the pandemic. Both shows combine material history and contemporary tech to invite viewers to see, touch and hear sculpture anew. Exhibition dates: Jung through Dec. 13; Park through Jan. 25. (Supo-gyo: a historic water-level bridge/marker from the Joseon period)
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