KIM BYUNGSUB
METAMORPHOSIS
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
WHEN MATERIALS THAT CARRY THE LANGUAGES OF DIFFERENT ERAS ARE PLACED TOGETHER, WE ENCOUNTER A NEW EVENT THAT GOES BEYOND A SIMPLE COMBINATION.
KIM BYUNGSUB ATTEMPTS TO RECONSTRUCT FUNCTION AND MEANING THROUGH THE COLLISION AND INTERSECTION OF DISPARATE MATERIALS—TRADITIONAL ANTIQUE FURNITURE AND STAINLESS STEEL.
DISCARDED OR FORGOTTEN OBJECTS ARE REINTERPRETED THROUGH THE ARTIST'S HANDS, AND THE TRACES OF DISMANTLED FUNCTIONS LEAD INTO NEW ROLES.
THIS IS NOT A TRANSFORMATION OF FORM, BUT A “MIGRATION OF FUNCTION,” CREATING AN UNPRECEDENTED ORDER AND POSSIBILITY WITHIN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MATERIALS.
THIS EXHIBITION QUIETLY YET POWERFULLY REVEALS THAT THE FUNCTION OF OBJECTS IS NOT FIXED, BUT CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY RECONFIGURED THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS AND TIME.
PAVILION NOIR
POWDER-COATED H-BEAM, SQUARE STEEL PIPE
4050 x 3280 x 3350
2025
NARRATIVE 002
RED PINE, STAINLESS STEEL
1150 x 380 x 1800
2025
NARRATIVE 005
HIGH-END FURNITURE, STAINLESS STEEL
1050 x 440 x 910
2025
