Oct. 21–Nov. 20, 2022 White Noise, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips”; curated by Jungmin Cho
Featuring Works
Polyphonic Choral Sound Hanjoo Kim
Thunder Jiyoung Wi
Missionary Yongjae Lee
Tensegrity Gwansoo Shin
a Featurette Muyeong Kim
Text
전시 서문 조 정민 Jungmin Cho
유리 이후 이 토명 Tomyeong Lee
시체를 위한 무대: 《눈 먼 입》에 관하여 황 재민 Jaemin Hwang
a Featurette Muyeong Kim 김 무영
Documentation
Photo (day) Haeyoung Kim
Photo (night) uma shin
Video Chang Younghae
Gaffer Yoon Heo
Production
Production Design Shampoo
Graphic Design Jongmin Ahn
With thanks to Ghimgilly and Hyunjin Kim
Supported by Korea National University of Arts
Yonsok YI; Piano, 2022; oil and acrylic polymer inlaid on engraved and finely sanded wooden panels, 25 × 300 × 4 cm (triptych); courtesy of the artist; photo: Joseph Lee
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
Yonsok YI; Piano, 2022; panel 1 of 3; oil and acrylic polymer inlaid on engraved and finely sanded wooden panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm (detail); courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
Yonsok YI; Piano, 2022; panel 2 of 3; oil and acrylic polymer inlaid on engraved and finely sanded wooden panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm (detail); courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
Yonsok YI; Piano, 2022; panel 3 of 3; oil and acrylic polymer inlaid on engraved and finely sanded wooden panel; 25 × 100 × 4 cm (detail); courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; video still: Chang Younghae
Yonsok YI & Yongjae Lee; two frames for two drawings from Missionary by Yongjae Lee, made of multi-layered reflective glass and angled walnut, approximating the size and weight of a human head; produced for 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artists
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim; shown work: Yonsok YI & Gwansoo Shin; Tensegrity, 2022; sculptural and structural concept established in the 1960s, formal articulation: Buckminster Fuller, early sculptural experiments: Kenneth Snelson; Tension and compression are separated yet interdependent, forming a system that produces overall structural stability. Compressive members do not touch one another, while tensile members (wires) maintain the structure in a state of tension.
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: Haeyoung Kim; shown text: Muyeong Kim; a Featurette: Easel, 2022; a fictional text addressing Yonsok Yi’s painting, structured into three chapters (Sfumato, Tantalus, and Easel)
installation view; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
detail; 눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips, 2022; Whitenoise, Seoul, Korea; courtesy of the artist; photo: uma shin
이토명; 유리 이후, 2022; a poem for Eyes Far Lips 눈 먼 입, 2022; courtesy of the artist
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2021solo & two-person exhibitions and others
Liste, Basel, Switzerland, presented by Shower; with Kyungtae Kim, presented by Whistle
Shower, Seoul, Korea, two-person exhibition with Muyeong Kim, “Everyone Else Is Asleep”
Shower, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “Eyes Far Lips Act.2 Scene.2”; as part of “Eyes Far Lips Act.2”
Windmill, Seoul, Korea, concert, “Ambassadors”; with Hanjoo Kim, Kitty, Y2K92; as part of “Eyes Far Lips Act.2”
Windmill, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “Eyes Far Lips Act.2”
YK Presents, Seoul, Korea, two-person exhibition with Yongjae Lee, “서쪽으로 넘어가는 일 Binary Sunset View”
White Noise, Seoul, Korea, Yonsok Yi solo exhibition, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips”; curated by Jungmin Cho
Mirrored Sphere, Seoul, Korea, two-person exhibition with Jihyoung Han, “Are We being Good, Ancestors?”
Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea, private presentation with Hanjoo Kim, “a Late Night Special”
Weekend, Seoul, Korea, two-person exhibition with Jaeho Park, “Vera Verto”; curated by Nahyun Kim, Jenny Cho
group & collaborative exhibitions and others
Ewha Womans University Emerson Chapel, Seoul, Korea, performance by Tomyeong Lee, “실습 교생 정원사 The Practicum Garden”; scenography, featuring works
Whistle & Shower, Seoul, Korea, group exhibition, “Rooms of Convergence”
Bio Gallery, Seoul, Korea, Yongjae Lee solo exhibition, “터 Teo”; collaborative participation, featuring works
Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea, group exhibition, “Lost and Found”; collaborative participation in Yongjae Lee’s installation, featuring works
The Preview Seongsu, Soeul, Korea, presented by Shower, with Yelim Ki, Simon Shim-Sutcliffe, Sean Jun Yeon
YK Presents, Seoul, Korea, group exhibition, “2^4”; co-curated with Yongjae Lee; collaborative works with boma pak
Shower, Seoul, Korea, event, “Goodnight”; as part of “New Years at Shower”
Pack, Seoul, Korea, invited by Jaemin Hwang, with Muyeong Kim, Hyunjin Kim, Yongjae Lee, Shampoo
Our Week, Seoul, Korea, presented by Shower
Shower, Seoul, Korea, group exhibition, “Framer”; curated by Leesop Cho
The Preview Seongsu, Seoul, Korea, presented by White Noise, with Gijeong Goo, Kai Oh, Rondi Park
Museumhead, Seoul, Korea, Muyeong Kim solo exhibition, “미간 위 집 House On Glabella”; collaborative participation, featuring works
Perform Collection System, online, performance by Muyeong Kim, “Nimbus”; collaborative participation, featuring works
Figure Ground, Seoul, Korea, research presentation, “I solemnly swear I am up to no good”; invited by Chang Younghae
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Jaemin Hwang 황 재민, “거울의 대사들” “Eyes Far Lips Act.2” exhibition text, Oct 2023
“서쪽으로 넘어가는 일 Binary Sunset View” exhibition catalogue, May 2023
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Jaemin Hwang 황 재민, “시체를 위한 무대: 《눈 먼 입》에 관하여”, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips” exhibition text, Oct 2022
Muyeong Kim 김 무영, “a Featurette”, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips” exhibition text, Oct 2022
Tomyeong Lee 이 토명, “유리 이후", “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips” exhibition text, Oct 2022
Jungmin Cho 조 정민, “눈 먼 입 Eyes Far Lips” exhibition text, Oct 2022
Jaemin Hwang 황 재민, “좋은 아이디어를 위한 절반의 마법”, “Vera Verto” exhibition review, 집단오찬, May. 17, 2020
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