The contemporary artists Suki Seokyeong Kang and Hong Seung-Hye are participating in Interlaced, OCI Museum’s 10th anniversary exhibition. The presentation, which splits participating artists into pairs, showcases a range of works revolving around the number 10, created by ten contemporary artists who have formed a particular bond with the museum throughout its decade-long history. The resulting exhibition explores visual harmony and tension created between the artists, who each display a unique artistic style. Kang and Hong, both represented by Kukje Gallery, come together to reveal a refreshing perspective on how their works can be viewed when displayed alongside each other.  

Acclaimed for her longstanding practice that explores geometric patterns with organic forms, Hong uses this exhibition as an opportunity to present organic and rhythmic structures that break free from the vertical and horizontal pixel grid. Displayed at one corner of the gallery space is About Frame (2020), Hong’s new work in grayscale that actively incorporates the use of negative space; shown alongside is Human Nature (2020), featuring a rhythmic structure between three pictographic figures. Jeong — Head 3-2 #20-01 & Human Nature (2020), a collaborative work between the two artists, presents one of Kang’s work from her Jeong series—inspired by the traditional musical notation system jeongganbo from the Joseon Dynasty—wittily layered with Hong’s pictographic figure fixed on the wall. These two works, originally two individual structures, reveal a simple yet sculptural characteristic in the process of becoming one. Meanwhile, Kang’s work, Narrow Meadow #19-02 (2013-2019)—which blends the modern with the traditional by utilizing materials including hwamunseok, wood, and leather—is displayed across Hong’s. Interlaced, introducing five innovative artistic approaches by ten artists, runs through December 19, 2020.