CHUNG EUN-MO

Posted on 2021-12-27

The work of Chung Eun-Mo (*Seoul 1946) is based on profound knowledge of Modernism, especially the work of the early abstractionists. Like Malevich and Albers, she is fascinated by mathematical and chromatic harmonies and the mutable effects of light on them. Born in Seoul, in the mid-1960s she moved to New York, where in 1980 she obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pratt Institute, after which she went on to perfect her geometric painting style. Towards the end of the 1980s she chose to live in Italy, first in Rome, then Torre Orsina in Umbria; since 2019 she lives in Milan.

The bond of Chung Eun-Mo with Italy is strong and long-lasting, her art reflects aspects of Italian art history, but also the atmosphere of its ancient civilization, architecture and landscape. Many of her works are abstract and poetic recreations of places she has seen and experienced, sequences or conglomerates of shapes and colors with a strong evocative power.

Opposite – April, 2015

Exhibition runs through to March 13th, 2022

Monica De Cardenas
Via Francesco Viganò 4
20124 Milan
Italy

www.monicadecardenas.com

  

RAOUL DE KEYSER – WORKS ON PAPER

Posted on 2021-12-27

De Keyser’s drawings and watercolors are a crucial part of his oeuvre. They offer an intimate glimpse into the artist’s thought process and work method. The drawings are only rarely conventional studies: they are often a reaction to his own paintings, but they can also stand on their own.
De Keyser’s works from the 1970s are characterized by his exploration of materials (pencil, chalk, watercolor, ink, graphite, gesso, etc.), types of paper, and techniques (such as scratching, rubbing and smudging). The work process itself gradually became the subject of the oeuvre, with hesitations and ‘mistakes’ increasingly being admitted into the works.

Opposite – Untitled, 1980

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Zeno X Gallery
Leopold De Waelplaats 16
2000 Antwerp
Belgium

www.zeno-x.com

  

LEE UFAN – RESPONSE

Posted on 2021-12-20

For Lee Ufan’s first exhibition in London since the unveiling of his outdoor public sculpture at The Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, the artist-philosopher opens a selection of new work at Lisson Gallery, presenting six new paintings and four works on paper. Alongside this in Arles, Lee Ufan « Requiem » opens from 30 October across the city’s Alyscamps, a large Roman necropolis, curated by Alfred Pacquement. Here, the Korean artist’s Relatum sculptures enter into dialogue with the ancient sarcophagi of the city, with works dotted along the path leading to the Saint-Honorat church, an unfinished Romanesque building, and in the chapels.

Opposite – Installation view

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Lisson Gallery
27 Bell Street
NW1 5BY
London

www.lissongallery.com

  

ALICJA KWADE

Posted on 2021-12-20

SOMETIMES I PREFER TO SIT ON A CHAIR ON THE EARTH SURROUNDED BY UNIVERSES is the title of a double exhibition by KÖNIG SEOUL and Pace Gallery, Seoul, showing more than thirty of the latest works by Alicja Kwade. Her first solo show in the Korean capital includes a new series of watch-hand works on paper, that continue her exploration of the processes by which we perceive and construct reality.

Opposite – Siège du Monde, 2021

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

KÖNIG GALERIE
412 Apgujeong-Ro
Cheongdam-Dong
Gangnam-Gu Seoul
South Korea

www.koeniggalerie.com

  

SOIL THORNTON

Posted on 2021-12-20

New work by SoiL Thornton Moreover in his exhibition, does productivity know what it’s named, maybe it calls itself identity?

Opposite – What Punk, 2018 – 2020

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Galerie Neu
Linienstraße 119 abc
10115 Berlin
Germany

www.galerieneu.net

  

DONALD JUDD – PAINTINGS 1959–1961

Posted on 2021-12-13

While Judd’s oeuvre is defined principally through his three-dimensional work—which he conceived in opposition to the essential properties of both conventional painting and sculpture—he began his practice as a painter while also taking graduate courses in art history at Columbia University in New York. In addition, he supported himself as a critic: beginning in 1959, and continuing for the next five years, he wrote prolifically for Art News and Arts Magazine, publishing incisive essays and reviews of contemporary art during a momentous era. Judd’s paintings make manifest the understanding of postwar modernism that he articulated in his writing.

Opposite – Untitled, 1960

Exhibition runs through to January 22nd, 2022

Gagosian
555 West 24th Street
NY 10011
New York

gagosian.com