May 7, 2015
May 5, 2015 - Choong Sup Lim builds
bridges between different worlds. He combines sculpture, painting,
and found objects to assert a harmony among contrasting concepts,
such as the regimentation of modern civilization and a chaotic
universe, urban and rural life, and the West and Korea. To Lim, the
emphasis on distinctions conceals a deeper truth, which he seeks to
uncover through an “emptying of self” and a patching of the
“in-betweens.”
The installation artwork in this exhibition, Luna, And Her Thousand
Reflections, blends light, video, architecture, and elements from
Korea’s traditional weaving culture, and employs moon imagery to
reference an important debate on the nature of principle and
material force that occupied Confucian scholars in 16th century
Chosŏn Korea. It was the title piece of the National Museum of
Modern and Contemporary Art Korea’s 2012 retrospective of Lim’s
work, and was modified by the artist to fit our space.
Born in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, Lim attended Seoul National
University before continuing his studies in New York City, where he
now lives and works. Lim’s art is part of the permanent collections
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn
Museum, and the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art in Korea.
This exhibition is presented in collaboration with the Dongwha
Cultural Foundation.
For more information, please visit the link below:
http://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/exhibition/void.html