2009.4.21
Many artists like to feature women in their works. They have different reasons: women are fragile, discriminated against, complex, motherly or sometimes simply beautiful.
At the exhibition "She - Another Gesture" at Gallery Hyundai Gangnam Space in Sinsa-dong, viewers can view the works of seven young artists, each of whom casts women in a different light.
Kim Kyung-mi and Park Ji-hye depict the typical woman found on the main streets in Seoul - trendy and passionate about integrating into society. Sung Ji-yeon and Lee Joung-a, on the other hand, focused more on the complex internal aspects of women.
Ham Youn-joo did not actually feature women in her works but expressed femininity through delicately braided hair, wires and beads.
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As the two male artists in the exhibition, Bae Chan-hyo and Jang Jun-seok took very unique approaches to women.
Bae, wanting to blend in with women, took self-portraits of himself disguised as a Western noblewoman from the Middle Ages. Through Bae's posture and expression, viewers can get a glimpse of the stereotypes that men have about the opposite gender.
Jang also expressed one of society's attitudes toward women - the one hidden between the lines when they are often referred to as "flowers."
He made several copies of the Korean word "ggot," which means flower, with colorful plastic, planted upside-down on the concrete floor of a pavilion.
"He used to throw performances, giving water to his ggot which he planted in the middle of the streets," said curator Ko Hee-kyung.
The exhibition runs through April 30. For more information, call (02) 519-0800 or visit www.galleryhyundai.com
By Park Min-young
(claire@heraldm.com)
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