Catalogue Cutting Edge II
Parallel to the invariable progress of humanity, time has brought resounding developments to the world of art-making. Traditional barriers that once held an artist in place have gradually expanded to encompass innovative techniques, ideologies and forms of expression. The definition of art has also changed, allowing new visions and perspectives. In this second installment of the group show, Cutting Edge II brings to life the creative endeavour of a curated selection of artists, whose works challenge the traditional boundaries of art. Experimenting with textures, materials and technology alongside traditional mediums, these Contemporary artists draw in their audiences through a feast of the senses, giving art a renewed dimension and direction.
Parallel to the invariable progress of humanity, time has brought resounding developments to the world of art-making. Traditional barriers that once held an artist in place have gradually expanded to encompass innovative techniques, ideologies and forms of expression. The definition of art has also changed, allowing new visions and perspectives.
In this second installment of the group show, Cutting Edge II brings to life the creative endeavour of a curated selection of artists, whose works challenge the traditional boundaries of art. Experimenting with textures, materials and technology alongside traditional mediums, these Contemporary artists draw in their audiences through a feast of the senses, giving art a renewed dimension and direction.
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BAE JOON SUNG<br />
B. 1967<br />
Bae Joon Sung is a Korean artist whose work is<br />
about binaries. European Classicism and global<br />
Modernism; West and East; phantom and concrete.<br />
Familiar Western figures appear as Korean women,<br />
both they and the image stripped of their original<br />
condition. Using the unique optical technique of<br />
lenticular effects Bae’s work include the viewer in an<br />
active relationship with the artwork: as the viewer<br />
moves, the picture evolves. Nourishing two popular<br />
subjects of human voyeurism – the observation of<br />
the nude and the visual consumption of culture in<br />
museums and galleries – Joon Sung’s paintings<br />
explore how we see and think about what we see in<br />
different contexts.<br />
Utilising the dynamics of space, environment and<br />
viewer, Joon Sung’s "meta-canvases" both evoke and<br />
challenge conventional methods of observations and<br />
perception. In vivid detail and curious composition,<br />
the artist emphasises the museum setting as a<br />
complex setting that suspends the past in the<br />
present. Using European architecture, artworks and<br />
clothing as a setting onto which he strategically<br />
places his Korean models, the artist also discusses<br />
the pervasion of the west in artistic classicism and<br />
the gradual shift towards more inclusive, global and<br />
cross-historical experiences of art.<br />
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