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Secret
beyond the door
The title of
this exhibition, ¡®Secret beyond the door¡¯,
comes from Fritz Lang¡¯s movie of the same
title which was filmed in 1948. Lang took
the story from a fairy tale, Bluebeard's
First Wife, in which the lord of the manor
killed his wife every time one of his wives
opened the door of a prohibited room. Fritz
Lang recreated the original tale into a
Freudian version slightly tinged with noir.
Rather than making a direct reference
to the meaning of Lang¡¯s movie, this exhibition
uses its hidden components. Those include
not only a mysterious impression felt from
the title, but also the overall bizarre
fascination created from its background,
its structure, the characters¡¯ ambiguous
personality, and the disjointed sequences
among the scenes. These details of the movie
serve to create the atmosphere of this exhibition.
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'Secret
beyond the door¡¯ is an exhibition presenting
the ¡®attitude¡¯ and ¡®method¡¯ taken by
Korean contemporary artists in their efforts
to cope with the changes in Korean society
in its relationship with international art
scene. The fifteen artists on view are;
Beom Kim, Sora Kim, Gimhongsok, NAKION,
Sungsik Moon, Kiwon Park, Park Sejin, Yiso
Bahc, Young-Whan Bae, Nakhee Sung, Hein-kuhn
Oh, Jewyo Rhii, Yeondoo Jung, Choi Jeong-Hwa
and Ham Jin. The specific attitude and method
selected by these artists demonstrate trends
of transformation in Korean contemporary
art and cultural meaning newly achieved
in the process. This exhibition observes
Korean contemporary art from the local and
global context and, taking a step further,
attempts to imagine another dimension of
¡®the beyond¡¯. Instead of focusing on the
oeuvres of a specific artist, this exhibition
aims to take a broader look of the very
scenes and context of Korean contemporary
art, from the perspective of its social-cultural
changes.
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Among
the fifteen invited artists, Yiso Bahc and
Choi Jeong-Hwa are main figures in defining
this exhibition¡¯s conceptual frame. In
this frame, this exhibition develops itself
to include those artists who accompanied
the two artists in the changes and younger
artists who have created their own voices
amid diverse conflicting stances toward
the two seniors. This exhibition provides
a whole view of various scenes, involving
interrelations of artists and art worlds.
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