Art Gwangju 2024
Booth Number
B02
Artist
Joan Cornella, Kim Byung Kyu, Lee Hae Seong
Period
10 Oct – 13 Oct 2024
Venue
Kimdaejung Convention Center Exhibition Hall, Booth B-02
30 Sangmunuri – ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju, South Korea
Kim Byung Kyu
By incorporating images of individuals and the city, I aimed to express consumer culture and the desires of modern individuals. I depicted the constant flux of the urban environment and the fast-paced reality of urban life, while also portraying human figures in a vibrant manner, reflecting the flow of modern culture and emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between humans and urban culture.
In this exhibition, I intensely captured the daily changes in life and the varying desires through the combination of color and shadow. Moreover, by utilizing lighting effects, I sought to represent the vitality and life force of urban dwellers, with the brightness levels transitioning between light and shadow, symbolizing the continuous exchange between the city and its inhabitants. The merging of people’s movements and light emphasized the dynamism of the city, highlighting the city’s liveliness with each step representing a different expression.
By portraying the repetitive daily routine of ascending and descending stairs as the birth of the modern urban lifestyle, I depicted stairs as a symbol of urban life that modern individuals inevitably encounter and share. Climbing stairs requires courage to pursue one’s path and perseverance to ascend quietly. Perhaps, enjoying one’s journey in one’s own way to reach the desired destination may be an essential element of our current era.
Kim Byung Kyu
Gaze at you
62 x 23 x 40cm
Stainless Steel, Marble, Urethane Paint
Kim Byung Kyu
With Skateboard
62 x 23 x 40cm
Stainless Steel, Marble, Urethane Paint
Kim Byung Kyu
Gaze at you
40 x 35 x 20cm
Stainless Steel, Marble, Urethane Paint
Kim Byung Kyu
Gaze at you
40 x 20 x 40cm
Stainless Steel, Marble, Urethane Paint
Lee Hae Seong
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Yewon Arts University Graduate School. Thesis: A Study on the World of Rene. Magritte and the Surrealism of Objects
Artist Hae-seong Lee explores the theme of “Rest,” expressing moments of happiness and tranquility amidst the hectic lives of modern individuals. Through images like chairs, swimming pools, and houses, he visually conveys rest as a process of recovery. Using acrylic materials, his work combines opaque colors and structured compositions to convey inner peace and stability. Lee aims to offer emotional rest to viewers, helping them escape the fatigue of daily life.
House of Happiness
162 x 130cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
162 x 112cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
65 x 65cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
65 x 65cm
Acrylic on canvas
Lempicka’s Rest
116 x 91cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
80 x 65cm
Acrylic on canvas
Traveler’s Res
91 x 116cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
91 x 91cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
80 x 65cm
Acrylic on canvas
House of Happiness
145 x 112cm
Acrylic on canvas
Joan Cornella
Joan Cornellà Vázquez (born 11 January 1981, Barcelona) is a cartoonist and illustrator famous for his unsettling, surrea l humor and black humorous comic strips as well as artwork.
Cornellà’s work has often been described as disturbing or flat-out offensive. Through simplistic visual language, he is able to use satire to comment on the sinister and often bleak side of human nature through a myriad of unconventional scenarios. Everything from our unnatural connection to social media and masturbatory selfie culture to political topics such as abortion, addiction and gender issues – no subject is off limits. Cornellà’s work revels in its absurdity and impropriety.
Thought-provoking, honest and incredibly entertaining, Cornellà’s work is truly since-re and holds real potency in its message, even when disguised through blatant humor. In the artist’s own words: “I think we all laugh at misery. We must start from the idea that when we laugh, we laugh at someone or something. With empathy or not, there is always some degree of cruelty. In spite of that, I am aware that if one of my cartoons happened in real life I would not laugh at all”.
Lampman 2024
25cm height
Vinyl, Mixed Media
Fwen
22cm height
Vinyl
Send Yourself Nowhere
16.5cm
Vinyl
Poopy Pants
25.5cm height
Vinyl
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