The series that I am presenting forms a triptych depicting symbols, objects and viewpoints discovered in the urban landscape of Seoul. My work was triggered by observational drawings recorded at specific points during cycling trips in and around the South Korean capital. Brick is a photograph of an enlarged ephemeral structure also entitled Brick. Initially the work took the form of an object that was placed under Seogang bridge as an art intervention. This form was modelled on a sixteen-sided standard brick. The original brick is produced at multiple locations including the Mapo Recovery Facility. This hexadecagonal form is used by anglers, at outdoor exercise parks, in general construction, and can also be seen at arbitrary locations across the city. Eunbong is a bi-chromatic painting, which was developed from sketches and a small black and white paper collage. The geometric painting is composed in juxtapositions of several layers of black and white oil paint. It portrays an unfinished highway. Finally, Shin is a work sourced from the Jjimjilbang public bath symbol and has been merged with the Hebrew letter Shin. Shin is the first letter of the name of G-d and is the central motif on the Mezuzah, commonly seen on the doorpost of a Jewish home. In these works I have manipulated forms of the urban landscape to investigate the different ways in which objects and places are perceived. The works attempt to emblemise their subject and to offer an alternative way of looking at the infrastructure of the city.
The 4th season International Artists decided to call the exhibition NANJI TANKS after the exhibition hall in which their exhibition will take place. This space was formerly used as the final stage settling tank in the purification process of the dirty water, extracted from the surrounding rubbish dump now known as Haneul and Noeul park. All three artists have developed their work independently from one another. They felt no need for a themed exhibition title but rather one reflecting the unique environment that they have inhabited at SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY.

■ Eunsoon Yoo

Event

opening reception: 4pm