- ProgramDOOSAN Yonkang Arts Awards
- Artist Sangdon Kim
Antenna
2014 Mixed Media 40.1x93.7 in
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 10, 6 - 8 pm
DOOSAN Gallery New York, 533 W 25th St., New York, NY 10001
DOOSAN Gallery New York is pleased to announce “Antenna,” a solo exhibition of Sangdon Kim, one of the recipients of the Third Annual DOOSAN Artist Award, from April 10th through May 15th, 2014.
This exhibition comprises of around ten new works that explore the source of various methodologies and phenomena in contemporary art.
The title of the exhibition “Antenna” derives out of establishing New York City as a kind of birthplace of civilization, for its influence is felt across the board in economics, culture, and society. So with countless buildings forming a “jungle” in Manhattan, the artist observed that Manhattan was performing the role of an antenna.
This exhibition’s representative work Torma Antenna is made using the motif of Tibet’s traditional tower (known as the Torma), which contains within it important historical records of Tibetans’ prayers to their gods. The artist uses this to cleverly portray overlap in culture between nations of different civilizations, as well as the correlation between civilizations themselves. Through this, Kim brings to the forefront the disparity in Eastern and Western perception when viewing objects and images that have turned into symbols.
Sangdon Kim (b. 1973) received a Meisterschueler from Universitaet der Kuenste Berlin. He has had solo exhibitions at Artsonje Center (2012, Seoul, Korea), Gallery Kunst Doc (2011, Seoul, Korea), Bielefelder Kunstverein (2011, Bielefeld, Germany), and art space pool (2004, Seoul, Korea). His works have also been included in group exhibitions at Total Museum of Art (2013, Seoul, Korea), Busan Biennale (2012/2006, Busan, Korea), Seoul Museum of Art (2013, Seoul, Korea), Atelier Hermes (2011, Seoul, Korea), space*c (2010, Seoul, Korea), Kaufhof Sinn Leffers (2009, Hannover, Germany), Fabbrica Borroni- Bollate (2009, Milano, Italy), New Museum of Contemporary Art (2008, New York, NY, U.S.A), and Insa Art Space (2008, Seoul, Korea).