STUDIO SHINYOO

DE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION

13 JUN 2024 - 28 JUL 2024

STUDIO SHINYOO

DE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION

EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR

CONTRASTS DO NOT MEET.

CULTURES COLLIDE. FROM THE SHATTERED POINT, A COMPOSITION OF DECONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

THE SAME COMPONENTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY SUBSTITUTED IN SUCCESSION.

(SIT) ON A CHAIR, (EAT) AT A TABLE, (ORGANIZE) IN A CABINET, (LEAN) AGAINST A PILLAR, (LIE) UNDER A ROOF.

AND AGAIN—CULTURES COLLIDE.

LEAN WHERE ONE LIES, STORE WHERE ONE LEANS, EAT WHERE ONE STORES, AND SIT WHERE ONE HAS EATEN.

“EVERYTHING IS THE CONTINUATION OF SOMETHING ELSE” (AESTHETICS, VOL. 4, P. 616, LUKÁCS).

WITHIN THE SINGULAR PROPERTIES OF EVERY CULTURAL OBJECT RESIDES A UNIVERSAL LEGACY THAT CUTS ACROSS ERAS.

A WORK THAT ATTAINS THE STATUS OF A CONCRETE IMAGE—ASSIGNED TO THE STAGES OF CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNFOLDING OF HUMANITY’S FATE—ACHIEVES THE UNITY OF OPPOSING POLES;

AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS REAPPEARS, ONCE MORE, AS THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE PARTICULAR.