{"id":49774,"date":"2025-03-24T13:21:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/?post_type=insights&#038;p=49774"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:10:08","slug":"obvious-imagine","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/insights\/49774","title":{"rendered":"OBVIOUS: IMAGINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OBVIOUS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49775\" src=\"https:\/\/static-edge.kiaf.org\/web\/2025\/03\/24131151\/Obvious-in-Sun-Gallery-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>OBVIOUS in Sun Gallery<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, we are living in an exciting era where technology is opening new horizons in art. As a gallery rooted in tradition, Sun Gallery has always held the highest respect for the aura of artworks created by artists\u2019 hands and ideas, while simultaneously seeking to introduce innovative artistic endeavors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49776\" src=\"https:\/\/static-edge.kiaf.org\/web\/2025\/03\/24131152\/Obvious_Installation-View-1F_Automatic-Writing-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Installation View 1\/F<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are delighted to take another meaningful step through this \u2018IMAGINE\u2019 exhibition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A hundred years ago, Surrealists pursued the free expression of human subconscious and imagination. Now, we are witnessing the moment when their dreams are realized in a new way through cutting-edge neuroscience and artificial intelligence technologies. The works of Obvious stand as a marvelous testament to how an artist\u2019s pure imagination can converge with scientific technology to create actual images.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49779\" src=\"https:\/\/static-edge.kiaf.org\/web\/2025\/03\/24131154\/Obvious_Installation-View-2F_Surreal-landscape-Series-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Installation View 2F<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Boyd Haycock, an art historian from Oxford, shared these words ahead of Obvious\u2019s Imagine exhibition: \u201cSurrealism sought to liberate the human mind and break down the boundaries between dreams and reality. While artificial intelligence frightens many artists, the original Surrealists would have likely embraced it with enthusiasm. They always welcomed new techniques that could explore the unknown and the unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49778\" src=\"https:\/\/static-edge.kiaf.org\/web\/2025\/03\/24131154\/Obvious_Installation-View-1F_Video-Works-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Installation View 1F (2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This exhibition is not a mere demonstration of technology but presents a new form of art where human creativity meets the potential of technology. We invite you to imagine the future of art through works that harmoniously blend the beauty of traditional painting with the innovations of modern technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our imagination knows no limits. We hope this exhibition offers you a special experience of fresh inspiration and profound insight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SUN GALLERY<br \/>\n8, Insa-dong 5-gil, Jongno-gu Seoul, Korea<br \/>\n82-2-734-0458<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sungallery.co.kr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sungallery_1977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[50,51],"class_list":["post-49774","insights","type-insights","status-publish","hentry","category-insight","category-stories"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights\/49774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insights"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}