Exhibition Wach und Leise in Kunst Galerie Mainz, Germany, 2025
Exhibition Wach und Leise in Kunst Galerie Mainz, Germany, 2025
The solo exhibition Wach und Leise at Mainz Gallery centers on archiving linear elements found within natural materials.
The Korean term “Gyeol” (결) refers to the texture or grain formed by the arrangement of hard and soft parts in materials such as wood, stone, or skin.
This project seeks to identify and reinterpret such linear structures within nature.
Drawings that deconstruct and recompose natural elements into lines are arranged in the space through new relational configurations.
One composition—featuring an image that merges waves and grass—faces another that consists of smoke rendered on two hanging scrolls, combined with an image of a flame.
In this exhibition, the stone functions as a conclusive, collective entity that embodies all linear elements.
Dispersed throughout the space, it performs a physical role—pressing down or pulling downward.
Each stone is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand; within the vitrines, they are arranged side by side in various replicated forms, revealing a diversity of material qualities.
These elements and objects, collected by the artist from nature, are re-presented through acts of preservation, decoration, and exhibition, thereby establishing a new order distinct from their original context in the natural environment.
Exhibition view, Mainz, 2025
A Landscape I, Pencil on Paper, 150x195.5cm, 2023
Detail view of A Landscape I
A Rollable Frame, Pencil on Paper and Metal, 120x60x60cm, 2024
A Landscape II, Pencil on Paper, each 230x70 cm, 2023
Detail view of A Landscape II
Detail view of A Landscape II
The Hand, mixed media,15x15x5 cm, 2024
Uprighting a Tree, Pencil on Paper, 550x130cm, 2024
Detail view of Uprighting a Tree
Untitled, Metal, 80x9x23cm, 2025
View A Stone I and A Hand on a Rock III
On a Rock, Silver Gelatin Print, 30x45cm, 2024
Figures, Mixed Media, 2024-2025
A piece form Connected Corners (2024)
A piece form Connected Corners (2024)
A piece form Connected Corners (2024)
Sun, Tree, Stone Series, Etching, each 15x15cm, 2025
Detail view of Sun, Stone, Tree
Detail view of Kuss
Old Figures, Ink and watercolor on paper, each 15x15cm, 2024
View of Dancing Figures
PART- night of art and culture in Mainz