Art Sohyang is holding a solo exhibition by Soonik Kwon, an opening artist of Art Sohyang, which is gaining attention in the international market and growing by interpreting the unique colors of Korea in a modern way from April 21st to June 4th. Artist SoonIk Kwon has been invited and exhibited by leading foreign countries and municipal art museums, mainly in Latin America, and has been well-received in international art markets such as Singapore Art Stage and Art Paris, proving his potential as an artist on the world stage. This exhibition is a solo exhibition of artist Kwon Soon-ik, which is held on a large scale in Busan after a long time since the opening exhibition of Art Sohyang. It is composed of large-scale paintings and installations in modern yet deepened oriental colors after successful exhibition.

In this exhibition, artist Soon-Ik Kwon presents the process of finding herself with her unique image of repetitive charcoal, light, and circles. Although it is based on Western materials, the material peculiarity of using sand or graphite with paints is realized with oriental colors and textures, showing a unique sensibility that only Koreans can express. The experience of the artist, who also worked as a potter, is continuously revealed in the matiere that appears thickly on the surface of the painting, and in the repeated process of raising this matiere again, the artist delves deeply into himself and discovers the selflessness of the abyss. What is unique is that the matiere that appeared in this process is reminiscent of natural Korean ceramics whose surface is rough and crude. The strange thing about his work is that the continuous arrangement of circles and geometric shapes appearing in the work are reminiscent of Western op-art represented by Cruise Dies while continuing the tradition of Korean monochrome. This characteristic, which naturally blends Eastern and Western cultures, stands out in the international market as well.

After many years of conceiving for the ‘self’, he came to an abstract work based on circles, therefore, it is quite natural in some way. The current abstract work looks different from the previous conceived work, but there is only one subject that runs through it. Through his repetitive works of painting and rubbing graphite, his works are made of light and color in the purest way, and audiences have an opportunity to experience the world of selflessness led by artist Kwon Soon-ik. In addition, large-scale installation works using tiles placed on the roofs of traditional Korean houses presented in this exhibition are also on the extension of that line. Tiles that were repeatedly painted with graphite were placed in a geometric shape without a specific frame throughout the exhibition hall. The traces of light and color unfolding on each tile, and the images of concrete shapes that are condensed and bound together seem to speak of the origin of the invisible world. It will be an exhibition where you can see a new possibility of Korean abstraction through the work of Soon-ik Kwon, who wants to reach the essence and fundamentals of the world beyond the self.