a travelling exhibition in a shipping container
solo exhibition sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan Government / 12/24 – 12/31/2008 /
a galley size / h 2.3 x w 6.5x h 2.5 m
a cargo container, interior materials, an electricity generator
each work size / refer to the description
mixed media
Purpose: To console the lonely and marginalized in Korean society post-IMF economic crisis
Sponsorship: Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
Locations: Seoul City Hall, Hongik University Station, National Assembly Building in Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo Mart
Visitors: Over 4,500 in one week
The Little Ideas of Seoul People” was my solo exhibition aimed at comforting those affected by the IMF economic crisis in Korea. The artworks idealistically portrayed the everyday happiness people deserved, addressing the emotional and relational hardships they faced. I created a mobile exhibition hall to reach high-traffic areas in Seoul, allowing broad access to the exhibition. The event attracted over 4,500 visitors in a week and provided mutual comfort between the audience and me.
Exhibition locations
12/24 – 25 in front of Hongik University
12/26 – 28 in front of Yeongdeungpo Lotte Mart
12/29 – 30 at the City Hall Squareexhibition locations
12/26 – 28 in front of Yeongdeungpo Lotte Mart
2007 / h 600 x 300 x 300 mm / marble
The Pooh Pieta depicts happy memories of being embraced by family and bathed in light during childhood. At the same time, it also portrays a blissful past that cannot be regained.
2. The Dream Supper
2008 / h 300 x 400 x 150 mm / mixed media
This work portrays the countless divorced families that appeared all over Korea as an aftermath of the economic crisis. The character presented as ‘Pooh’ is observing this situation with a first-person perspective. A family dinner we used to take for granted, for some people, has become an impossible thing, a dream supper.
3. A Korean Ordinary Cart Bar
4-1. The Crucifixion of Pooh
2008 / h 400 x 600 x 180 mm / rigid urethane, wood, three nails
The Crucifixion of Pooh was made with this thought in mind – what’s left for the many who overcome adversity with the sacrifice of a single self or somebody else.
2006 / h 2750 x 1350 x 4500 mm / fiber reinforced plastic, wood, three large nails
5. Statue of Pooh
2003 / h 800 x 600 x 450 mm / plaster
The Statue of Pooh was made with this thought in mind – what benefits are given to the many when one person becomes a generous being.
6. Papa Smurf
2008 / h 380 x 450 x 550 mm / urethane, mixed media
Representation of our father, a household’s absolute leader, who always sits in front of the TV after work.
2006 / h 3000 x 3200 x 2000 mm / fiber reinforced plastic, oil paint
8-1. Dream of the Middle-aged Man in a Sauna
8-2. Middle-aged Man with his sons in the sauna in Dream
2006 / h 120 x 250 x 280 mm / Urethane
9. The French Revolution
2006 / h 3000 x 3200 x 2000 mm / rigid urethane, lacquer
I told a story of men commonly found in construction sites in a 4-panel cartoon style. They are always talking about societal issues but uninterested in the stories of others, daily life is more important to them. Asides from the single figure who discusses the societal issues, all of the other figures are eating American food and drinking beer. In their hearts, they have an instinctive passion for their society, but they are incapable of expressing this. The figures are named Danton, Pierre, Benoit, Antoine, Frederic. Their names are like those of the French revolutionaries that lead the French Revolution.
2008 / h 2200 x 1100 x 750 mm / performance
Through this work, the visitors met a resurrected Pooh. This work gave them a chance to meet a martyr, a provider of a place of rest in real life.