BENDING NOTER TIGER, HU
2026. 5. 28 – 6. 16 | [GALLERIES] Gallery FM
Taehoo JUNG
Taehoo JUNG, Heeeeom, 2026, Oil on canvas, 91×116.8cm
Gallery FM is pleased to present 《BENDING NOTER TIGER, HU》, a solo exhibition by Jung Taehoo, on view from May 28 to June 16, 2026.
Jung Taehoo is interested in how uniquely human emotions are heightened, transformed, and sometimes slip away. Her approach is akin to the jazz technique of bending, in which a musician bends a note upward or downward, capturing the subtle space of dissonance between institutionalized musical notation and raw, unprocessed human feeling.
Taehoo JUNG, At Night, 2019, Oil on canvas, 33.4×24.2cm
While flocks of birds occasionally appear throughout the exhibition, many of the works feature solitary figures—a tiger, a boy, or other lone presences. Through them, the artist seeks to move closer to the emotional contours that humanity has accumulated since ancient times.
Taehoo JUNG, Gap in the Air, 2026, Oil on canvas, 31.8×40.9cm
The title, ‘BENDING NOTER TIGER, HU’, resists completion as a single, coherent sentence. Like a sound that belongs neither here nor there, suspended between notes, the title itself has been intentionally bent and distorted. Just as a jazz musician stretches a note toward a blue note, creating tension and expressive nuance, Jung employs vivid blues, reds, oranges, and yellows with remarkable freedom and intensity.
Taehoo JUNG, Salbaram (A Passing Breeze), 2026, Oil on canvas, 31.8×40.9cm
Through works such as Salbaram (A Passing Breeze), which captures the sensation of wind brushing against the skin; Gap in the Air; paintings of boys racing forward with breath rising to their throats; scenes filled with the exhilaration of flocks of birds taking flight; and Heeeeom, depicting a boy submerged in blue water, the artist poses questions about genuine freedom.
Taehoo JUNG, Aura, 2026, Oil on canvas, 72.7×60.6cm
In Aura, a painting of a blue tiger, the animal appears as though stepping onto a fashion runway. Traditionally, the tiger has existed on the precarious boundary between sacredness and terror. Frequently appearing in East Asian mythology, it has also served as a vessel for collective emotions, including what has been described as a “colonial melancholy.” Yet the tiger in Aura emerges differently—mysterious, dignified, and charismatic, much like a K-pop star. It is a presence defined not by fear or symbolism, but by its own commanding aura.
The age of artificial intelligence may one day come to be remembered as a revolution in its own right, alongside the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Within this transformative era, Jung Taehoo asks what remains uniquely human: the senses and emotions that machines cannot replace, and the freedom that continues to sustain us even as life constantly slips and shifts beneath our feet.
Through this exhibition, the artist invites viewers to reflect on the enduring value of human feeling, perception, and freedom in an increasingly technological world.
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[GALLERIES] Gallery FM
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- 2026. 5. 28 – 6. 16
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