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Kwak Soo Young & Lim Dong Lak
〈Bilateral〉
May 2nd - June 2nd 2024

Duo Exhibition < Part 4 of the Art Salon de H Gallery >  

< The conversation between the two masters > is a duo show exhibition of sculptor Im Dong-Lak and painter Kwak Soo-young, who have built their own art world in France and Korea, with three-dimensional modern sculptures of metal and medieval Gothic Catholic cathedrals motifs. One painting contrasts with each other. As the works of these two masters communicate with each other, the inner world represented in one space will be a very interesting exhibition.  

​곽수영 Kwak Soo Young

Kwak Son Young's Painting < Voyage Immobile >. From the inside of the cathedral to the light pouring from both sides, sometimes we get elastic. Red  light in the furnace, afternoon light pouring over the golden palace, turquoise leaking from the dark jungle..

The light and color created by Kwak Soo-young is mysterious and majestic. In the monetization of the paintings of Kwak Soo-young with the godliness and tranquility of the cathedral, the energy and power from colors and techniques is primitive. Made by iron scraped marks and floats, the <Matiere> is only evidence of the performance of Kwak Soo-young.

He is the leader of the floating journey <Voyage Immobile> and through his work we travel to the abyss of light.

Kwak Soo-young graduated from the Department of Painting at the Hongik University and moved to France from the mid-1980s to earn a master's degree in formative art at the Sorbonne 8 University in Paris. 

Korean art took root in France, including the opening of the co-creation atelier with the founding hover of the Sonamu association, a rebound artists association. He also showed his own unique painting world on various international stages, including Paris and New York. As the artist turned the subject of the work into light, the expression of the'Gothic Cathedral', an architectural form that most importantly draws the outside light inside.

His unique way of working goes through the process of overlapping 15 layers of water with a brush and scraping and peeling with iron on a thick surface.

임동락 Lim Dong Lak
Lim Dong-rak graduated from the Hongik University Art University Department and Graduate School, and as a representative sculptor of Korean art, he quickly broke the importance of environmental art and successfully provided art in formative form to the urban environment. He has pioneered his own way of communicating with the world pioneering by introducing computers early in his passion as a sculptor and exploration of humans and cities. He has also successfully led cultural events such as the International Biennale and the International Sculpture Symposium, and has contributed to the globalization of Korean art through a hearty role in international cultural exchange.
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