Koo Jeong-a
dal 31/10/2003 al 6/12/2003
Segnalato da
31/10/2003
Koo Jeong-a
TRANS> area @ The Moore Space, Miami
This exhibition is in conjunction with Yvon Lambert, New York. Jeong-a will be living and working at TRANS>area for two weeks before the exhibition opens; her project entails the concept of home as a point of departure. The artist will transform also Yvon Lambert Gallery into an environment of her own making.
This exhibition is in conjunction with Yvon Lambert, New York.
Jeong-a will be living and working at TRANS>area for two weeks before the
exhibition opens; her project at TRANS>area entails the concept of home as a
point of departure.
Koo Jeong-a will transform Yvon Lambert Gallery into an environment of her own
making. Following her own logic, she creates a world of seeming fragility and
silence, yet also one of great intensity. The installation is the result of a
period of intense concentration and preparation, and her intentions are
everywhere, both obvious and hidden in a sense of quiet chaos.
about the artist's practice>
Jeong-a incorporates accumulations of commonplace, everyday materials in her
subtle, landscape-like installations such as aspirin, pencils, garbage, and
coins. However, the banality of these objects is transformed in Jeong-a's
installations as dream-like, poetic structures, and sublime experiences. Daniel
Birnbaum writes on the artist's practice:
Koo Jeong-a's work addresses the inaccessible, the sometimes nearly
invisible.
She intervenes in already existing spaces and adjusts the world of mass-produced
objects with an extremely delicate touch. It is perhaps not so much about the
things themselves, but about the awareness that arises through contact with
them. The small adjustments upset our stale, mechanical expectations, and
suddenly these everyday objects are seen in a new light.
Daniel Birnbaum, 'Manic Miniature: Koo Jeong-a at Pratgarden, 2001'
about the artist>
Koo Jeong-a will have a solo exhibition at Centre Georges Pompidou in the spring of 2004 and was a finalist for The Hugo Boss Prize 2002. She is also part of the inaugural exhibition of the Mori Art Center in Tokyo opening in October 2003.
She has had solo shows at Moderna Museet Projekt, CCA Kitakyushu Project Gallery
and at Yvon Lambert, Paris. She was included in the Liverpool, Kwangju and
Venice Biennales and in group shows at the Walker Art Center, Art32 Basel,
Stichting de Appel, ICA Boston and Musae d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg.
Locations:
Yvon Lambert New York
564 West 25th St.
New York, NY 10001
T: (212) 242 3611
F: (212) 242 3920
Gallery hours: Tues – Sat, 10 am – 6 pm
TRANS> AREA
511 West 25 St. #502
New York, NY 1001
T: (646) 486-0252
F: (646) 486-0241