Kim Hyun Hee

After Image

2024.12.07 - 12.26

YZHQ_Z1

1F, 8 Apgujeong-ro 79-gil, Gangnam-gu

茄秦甫付公府窍哥 YZHQ俊辑绰辫泅锐累啊狼俺牢傈 'After-image'甫急焊牢促.

累啊绰劳槛窍绊硼拳等苞芭狼捞固瘤客泅措牢甸俊霸磊府棱篮脚家犁己犁丰甫搬钦窍咯固贰狼啊瓷己阑葛祸茄促. 啊备啊老惑狼茄何盒捞登绢函拳甫啊廉坷绰蠢赴加档皑阑啊柳概眉扼绰痢俊林格窍绊, 茄惫傈烹啊备扼绰楷措利概俺眉甫烹秦胶配府炮傅阑茄促. 弊赤狼啊备绰窜窜窍芭唱馆捧疙茄家犁甫荤侩窍咯扁粮狼寒阑绝局绊, 郴何客寇何狼版拌甫瘤快绊, 哩歹狼版拌甫倾公绰殿技惑苞狼家烹阑矫档秦吭促.

捞锅 After image俊辑绰矫埃-版氰-捞固瘤扼绰虐况靛甫啊瘤绊老访狼苞芭啊绢痘霸儡惑栏肺巢酒乐绊, 捞儡惑捞固贰肺概掺反霸唱酒哎荐乐绰规救栏肺结泅犁甫沤祸茄促.

舅风固唇橇肺颇老苞酒农副殿栏肺力累等啊备绰累啊啊唱酒啊绊磊窍绰规氢己苞淬酒郴绊磊窍绰固利牢巴狼矫埃己, 狼固狼楷加己阑杭荐乐促. 累前狼矫阿利酒抚促框俊父概丰登绰矫埃捞酒囱弊救俊淬变累啊狼缴惑阑甸咯促杭荐乐绰矫埃捞登辨官鄂促.

-累啊畴飘-

老访狼苞芭甫雀傈矫难固贰肺概掺反霸唱酒啊扁

炼飘肺橇(zoetrope)扼绰馒矫厘摹啊乐促. 楷加等捞固瘤啊弊妨柳鹅甫盔扁嫡郴何俊滴福绊雀傈矫虐搁肛苗乐绰俺喊狼捞固瘤甸篮儡惑瓤苞(afterimage effect)肺牢秦官肺流傈狼捞固瘤客矫阿利馒鄂阑老栏难付摹混酒乐绰巴贸烦概掺矾款窍唱狼框流烙阑藕积矫挪促.

唱绰苞芭狼沥利牢捞固瘤甸捞泅犁扼绰矫傍埃加俊辑楷加己阑啊龙锭惯积窍绰窍唱狼框流烙俊包秦积阿茄促.

'儡惑(after-image)'捞鄂传菊狼拱眉(reality)啊荤扼柳第俊档皑阿版氰捞瘤加登绢唱鸥唱绰锐固茄厘搁狼屈怕捞促.扁撅肚茄儡惑狼老何扼且荐乐绰单, 扁撅篮角力肺粮犁沁阑措惑(reality)苞绰崔府急琶利栏肺祈笼等厘搁(edited scene)狼屈怕捞促. 弊犯扁锭巩俊扁撅窍绊酵篮巴父巢败柳苞芭狼捞固瘤绰阂救茄固贰俊措茄焊肯犁肺辑累侩茄促.

捞矾茄扁撅狼鼻困绰抗贱俊辑档农霸累侩窍绰单, 付摹苞芭狼抗贱阑酒抚促款巴栏肺, 悼矫措抗贱阑龙唱悔绊捐篮巴贸烦焊捞霸父电促. 窍瘤父 "亮疽带苞芭狼巴甸捞酒聪扼唱慧坷疵狼巴甸俊辑矫累秦具茄促." 扼绰宏饭洒飘狼蜡疙茄版备贸烦瘤陛阑混酒啊绰唱绰阂救窍绊如甸副瘤扼档 '唱慧坷疵狼框流烙' 阑父靛绰巴捞具富肺悼矫措固贱狼开且捞哥, 苞芭俊辑固贰肺唱酒啊绰矫埃阑概掺反霸父甸荐乐绰泅犁狼框流烙捞扼绊积阿茄促. 绢录搁快府绰镭绊酵瘤臼篮苞芭扼绰康堡狼官促加俊狐廉乐绊, 龙侥窍瘤臼栏妨搁绢痘霸电拱厘备甫媚菊栏肺唱酒啊具父窍绰巴老瘤葛弗促. 捞矾茄包痢俊辑 After Image 矫府令绰阂救窍霸惯滚嫡摹绰泅犁甫烹秦苞芭客固贰甫概掺反霸楷搬矫虐扁困茄包拌肝扁狼老辆捞扼杭荐乐促.

郴累诀狼林虐况靛绰 ‘矫埃 - 版氰 - 捞固瘤’ 捞促.

楷累捞苞芭茄惫咯己狼力茄等活狼葛嚼阑痹规啊备俊辑器馒窍绊版拌倾拱扁甫矫档窍看促搁, 楷累篮苞芭啊泅犁狼鉴埃俊扁咯窍绰鉴扁瓷(归祸扁瓷)阑沤备窍绰苞沥捞菌促.

弊府绊捞锅楷累篮快府甫备己窍绊乐绰老访狼苞芭啊绢恫儡惑阑父甸绢郴绰瘤, 弊府绊泅犁巢篮捞儡惑捞固贰肺概掺反霸唱酒哎荐乐霸且巴牢瘤俊措茄沤备肺辑父电炼飘肺橇厘摹扼绊杭荐乐促.

After-image 开矫捞傈狼楷累甸贸烦茄惫傈烹啊备狼屈惑阑窍绊乐促. 苞芭狼啊备甫捞风菌带盔犁丰牢唱公甫楷惑矫虐绰菩畔甸捞歹秦廉歹宽苞芭甫氢秦饶硼秦乐绰捞固瘤贸烦焊牢促. 窍瘤父 UV 牢尖, CNC, 饭捞历目泼栏肺犁窜登绊舅风固唇橇肺颇老苞酒农副殿狼犁丰肺扒汲等啊备狼屈怕绰捞巴捞窜鉴洒苞芭捞固瘤犁泅阑困窃捞酒囱, 苞芭啊巢变弥饶狼伯单扁甸阑泅犁扼绰盔烹加俊持绊坷疵朝狼框流烙阑父靛绰单乐绢, 泅措利牢拱己苞苞芭狼厘搁捞面倒窍咯积扁绰泅犁狼儡惑烙阑馆刘窍绰单瓤苞利栏肺静牢促.

捞犯霸父甸绢柳 ‘唱慧坷疵狼巴’ 甸篮力格苞鞍捞苞芭狼角力客绰促弗泅犁狼阂肯傈茄儡惑阑鞠矫窃苞悼矫俊捞累诀拱甸捞窜鉴洒角侩利格利父阑前绊乐绰啊备啊酒囱捞固瘤弊捞惑狼巴阑郴器茄坷宏力肺吝狼利牢狼固甫淬绊乐促.

As the year ends, YZHQ presents "After-Image", a solo exhibition by artist Kim Hyun-hee. This exhibition explores the intersection of fading imagery from the past and innovative materials of the present, envisioning possibilities for the future. She focuses on furniture as a medium that evolves slowly while remaining integral to everyday life. Using traditional Korean furniture as a temporal and cultural bridge, she crafts narratives that challenge boundaries between inside and outside, tradition and modernity, and even gender. With the world, she strives to communicate in new and profound ways.

In "After-Image", she delves into the themes of time, experience, and imagery. She examines how the traces of the past remain as afterimages and how these remnants can guide us into the future.

Her works, crafted from materials such as aluminum profiles and acrylic, reflect her direction and desire to convey the temporality of aesthetics and the continuity of meaning. More than just visually striking works, she invites the audience to explore the deeper emotions and thoughts that inspired her.

-A Note by Artist-

Transforming the Past into a Seamless Future

A zoetrope is a device that creates the illusion of motion from a sequence of static images inside a spinning cylinder. As it rotates, the previous static individual image merges into a continuous and dynamic movement due to the afterimage effect. Inspired by this phenomenon, I ponder how still images of the past can gain continuity in the present to generate a single motion.

An afterimage refers to a faint visual impression that lingers even after the physical object has disappeared. Memory functions similarly, preserving selectively edited scenes rather than unaltered realities. As such, images of the past, preserved and curated according to what we wish to remember, compensate for future uncertainties. This selective memory often wields significant influence in art, glorifying past creations as inherently beautiful while dismissing contemporary art as superficial or inferior.

However, a renowned writer Bertolt Brecht stated, "We must begin not with the good things of the past but with the bad things of today." As someone living in an uncertain and unsteady present, I believe embracing this "movement of the bad today" is the role of contemporary art. This movement connects the past to the future, making the present a necessary link in the time continuum.

We might imagine ourselves immersed in an ocean of the past's glory. Yet, we must thrash forward, propelling ourselves toward the future. My current works embody this struggle, an effort to bridge the past and future by grappling with the uncertainties of the present.

The triad of time, experience, and imagery is central to my artistic practice. In the "Ancient Future" series, I explored the confined lives of Korean women through chamber furniture, challenging boundaries and preconceptions. The "White Nostalgia" series examined the constructive role of the past in shaping the present, likening this to a "white function" of memory. In contrast, The "After-Image" investigates how a succession of past moment forms lingering impressions and questions whether these impressions can lead us seamlessly into the future.

The works in "After-Image" take the shape of traditional Korean furniture, incorporating patterns reminiscent of wood to evoke past materials. Yet, these pieces are created using modern techniques such as UV printing, CNC milling, and laser cutting, with materials like aluminum profiles and acrylic. This juxtaposition of traditional imagery and contemporary methods emphasizes that these works are not merely recreations of the past. Instead, they serve as a collision point between the materiality of the present and the imagery of the past, producing after-images that reflect today's complexities.

These "bad things of today," as Brecht might call them, symbolize incomplete and imperfect remnants of memory. The furniture is not purely functional but exists as multidimensional objects that suggest something more profound. They blur the line between reality and representation, embodying both the weight of history and the uncertainty of the present.

Kim Hyun Hee

After Image

2024.12.07 - 12.26

YZHQ_Z1

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