The Pinault Collection, owned by Christie’s
‘Song Eun’ exhibition returns to Korea after 13 years
Planned with 3 themes: face, abstract, etc.
A human face with a frown so deep that wrinkles form between the eyebrows and teeth are exposed. From a distance, it looks aggressive and vicious, but up close, the wrinkles and teeth are marks made by cutting into the tree with a knife. Miriam Kahn’s ‘Baumwesen’ is a work that makes you think that the hatred and violence of someone who emits negative energy is ultimately directed at you.
On the 4th, at the exhibition hall on the 2nd floor of SongEun (formerly SongEun Art Space) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where the exhibition ‘Portraits of the Collection: Selected Works from the Pinault Collection’ was opened, one could see portraits of prominent contemporary artists such as Kahn, Marlene Dumas, Luc Thyman, and Peter Doig all in one place.
As we entered the room opposite the seven works by Kahn, including ‘Tree Life’, and two works by Doig, we were greeted by Dumas’s flowing and powerful portraits. The portrait of a woman with a swollen belly, with a bright red background, exuded animalistic vitality. The portrait of a man on the other side had a cold atmosphere with deep blue. The artist titled them ‘Birth’ and ‘Alien’ respectively. Caroline Bourgeois, chief curator of the Pinault Collection, explained, “It is a space where you can appreciate how contemporary artists view the different faces of humanity.”
It has been 13 years since the collection of François Pinault, founder of the Kering Group and owner of Christie’s, visited Korea, following the ‘Pain and Ecstasy’ exhibition at SongEun Art Space in 2011. This exhibition presents 60 modern art pieces, including paintings, videos, installations, sculptures, and drawings.
The installation work of Danish artist Jan Bo, who is of Vietnamese origin, greeted the audience on the first floor. The artist, a “boat person” who immigrated to Europe right after the Vietnam War, raises questions about history by mixing bronze age axe blades, 15th century Madonna and Child statues, and modern materials. The third floor is filled with abstract paintings by Julie Meretu and Rudolf Stingel. “The exhibition can be broadly divided into three themes: ‘face,’ ‘abstraction,’ and ‘relationship with the world,’” said curator Bourgeois.
‘Relationship with the World’ refers to a perspective that looks at the world from a human-centered perspective, such as climate crisis or ecology. Landscapes created by AI by Korean-American artist Annika Yi, and paintings by Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda depicting nature weakened by the climate crisis are on display. You can also see ‘AI Octopus’ by Korean artist Jihye Yeom, which looks at the world from the perspective of an octopus. A SongEun official said, “This is a work that was recently donated to the Pinault Collection by the SongEun Art Foundation.” Until November 23.
Reporter Kim Min [email protected]
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