‘transfer’ installation
hojin kwak ‘transfer’
at: the noam gallery, seoul, korea
from: october 1 to 7, 2008 ‘transfer’ is an exhibition that features the work of korean artist hojin kwak. spread across two floors the show includes paintings, ink on canvas, sculptures, digital photography and the large scale installation ‘transfer’, in which human silhouettes are suspended from the ceiling. painted with fluorescent colors the figures have toy animals, spheres and twigs placed at their feet. with the addition of ultraviolet light the installation is intended to reflect a strange landscape.
cubes hang from the ceiling
discs with animals
disc with twigs
detail of disc
general view of exhibition image © designboom
‘drawing on the softness’, digital photo, 2006
‘the stories’, digital photo, 2008
‘walking in the dream room’, digital photo, 2008
general view of exhibition image © designboom
hojin kwak image © designboom
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