Soohoh Special Exhibition (Emptying, Filling)

Now that the pandemic has passed, we have finally returned to the everyday of the "new normal." As we step into this new era, we all find ourselves reconsidering the essence of life and searching for its direction. We invite you to this special exhibition in the hope that, by emptying our hearts, we might fill them with new and meaningful purpose, and move toward a life lived in harmony with the beauty of art.

"To paint a water drop is to dissolve everything into it and return it to 'nothingness.' When anger, anxiety, and fear all return to 'emptiness,' we experience peace and tranquility, and in that state we seek the dissolution of the ego and search for ways to express it." (Master Kim Tschang-Yeul)

Artist Introductions

Master Kim Tschang-Yeul, the elder statesman of Korea's "water-drop painters"

Lee Kang-So, large-scale paintings marked by dynamic, single-stroke brushwork and bold empty space

Father Taewon Kim, who expresses emptiness and fullness in life and existence through the technique of lacquer painting

Y.K. Byun, who layers paint upon paint to render his reflections on life and beauty in abstraction

Hyeongno Song, who paints dreams and hope in a style both surreal and hyperrealistic; signature work "Olivia over the Wall"

Joongtae Shin, who reveals horizontal strata in both the horizontal and vertical directions; signature work "Strata Landscape"

Sungwon Jung, who conveys, through utopia, a true happiness we had nearly forgotten; signature work "Antic and Utopia"

Liz, who conveys a message of shared love and a warm world born when we empty our hearts to one another

Kiseop Kim, who focuses on the emotional shifts born from the blending and transition of colors

Yeonghu Lee, whose work is characterized by propellers and gears, made to endure