The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Chung Seoyoung is recognised for her use of unconventional artistic materials to investigate the relationship between language and art, expressing a sensitivity to social divides in the face of rapid economic and cultural change. Recurrent in her practice are decontextualised words, phrases and orthographic marks that take on sculptural aspects of their own.
Chung’s wooden assemblage Blood, flesh, bone 2019 references the basic sculptural materials that comprise human life. Ten accompanying ‘text drawings’ comprise enigmatic, fragmentary sentences in Korean, English and Chinese, handwritten on ceramic sheets poised atop oversized plinths. Together, these works suggest a material reality and a sense of freedom that aligns with a broader sense of absurdism in Chung’s practice and a healthy distaste for authoritarianism.
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibition/the-11th-asia-pacific-triennial-of-contemporary-art-apt11/chung-seoyoung
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On Sunday, December 1 from 1:30–2:00 PM (Australian EST), the artist will give a talk on πππ°π°π₯, π§ππ¦π΄π©, π£π°π―π¦ (2019) and her broader practice at QAGOMA. The talk is free and open to the public.
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