A Study for Set Forms
Corridor Show, 2016
When I visited Berlin during the Easter holiday, I deeply impressed by two exhibitions: Kunst Der Vorzeit in Martin-Gropius-Bau, and the collection in Bauhaus Archive. Ahead of corridor show, I tried to avoid my practice being only repetitive making of what I’ve done in unit 1; the exhibitions refreshed me.
Kunst der Vorzeit showed prehistoric rock paintings from caves, desserts and outback as historical legacy of art as well as inspirational source for artists in early twentieth. It was the archive including photography, copies of rock paintings, depicted paintings and archival documents of artist and archeologist’s journey on the theme. It reminded me of my early curiosity about drawings related to prehistoric origin or symbols. Also it recalled melancholic illustration from the film “The English Patient” which was actually one of the contents in the show.
 from the exhibition catalogue |
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 from the exhibition catalogue |
 Fernand Leger, Composition |
For my practice, I wanted to contain elements from prehistoric art and from my previous work together little by little. At the same time, I wanted to interpret them in the spirit of Bauhaus school. From Paul Klee’s painting, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s structure and Oskar Schlemmer’s ballet, I adored the live geometry and mechanical beauty which seemed to put together lightly, effortlessly but intellectually.
Adapting to my corridor show, I decided to make column-like cut-out shape instead of big sized wall painting due to collaborative work. I thought both column structure and wall painting related to prehistoric legacy and I tried to combine them between 2D and 3D form. I collected pieces from part of my previous work and made collage with them like paper cut-out. I put them vertically on the wall and from the floor. Also I brought the plinth as a part of my work.
About the final outcome, I wasn't quite sure of all the idea undergoing in it since key idea was too broad; still, I enjoyed involving in the corridor space and wanted to do more.