(oh, shyness)

As we emerge from the life of isolation in the pandemic crisis, (oh, shyness) whispers on the margins, on the hidden, subtle, and mysterious side of things. It suggests the fragment versus the whole, the quiet versus the loud, the humble versus the arrogant.

The paradox of blushing: making oneself more visible at the very moment when one wants to be invisible. (oh, shyness) is a return to localized creativity, with objects, moving images, and situations that try to hide, that don’t fit in, yet – with tenderness, hesitance, and awkwardness – reveal themselves.

Thirty years ago, four young artists from different backgrounds hid their humble works in the basement, office, or back room of three spaces in the New York neighborhood of SoHo. Today, they inhabit interstitial and hidden spaces of Buk-Seoul Museum of Art, with new and old thoughts. You may want to try to find them. (Text by Luca Buvoli)

Curated by Luca Buvoli, Beom Kim, and Minkyung Yoo