We are pleased to announce the 2013 NANJI ART SHOW V held under the title, It Supposed to Be Black & White.

This show, It supposed to Be Black & White, presents a collection of art works connected with each other by the colors of black and white. The exhibition is aimed at providing, rather than huge and heavy themes with a clear conclusion, a simple and concrete starting point that lead to a great variety of interpretations of the world by the participating artists.

The artists participating in this show, Sangbin Kang, Bang & Lee, Wonwoo Lee, and Mihye Cha exhibit their own interests and attitudes to create an intertwined space via creative interpretations of black & white. They react to each other, sometimes actively, then passively, and try to show not a complete conclusion but a state as a process. They either gaze at the surface of black & white or freely cross over meanings of various strata in them to transmit various experiences to the viewers and continue to make new interpretations.

While the artists start their art from the point of black & white, the process they go through may or may not reach the black & white they originally intended. These artists focus on creating a variety of experiences that can make expansive chemical reactions rather than logical persuasions, and guiding the viewers to flexible discussions about the experience they had.

We hope you have a great summer.

■ Wonwoo Lee

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The 『2013 NANJI ART SHOW V : IT SUPPOSED TO BE BLACK & WHITE』is the 5th special exhibition of artworks by domestic artists in 7th term of SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY run by the Seoul Museum of Art.「NANJI ART SHOW」, which has been planned by artists who are part of the residency programs, will be held in nine times until the end of October when their residency period ends. ■ SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY