Onejoon Che, Goen Choi, ikkibawiKrr, Minae Kim, Byungjun Kwon, Min ha Park, Jewyo Rhii, Sun Woo

In collaboration with the Korea Arts Management Service, SONGEUN is proud to present PANORAMA—an in-depth exploration of eight Korean artists whose practices span generations, media, and themes. Rather than being unified by a single curatorial narrative, the exhibition presents a highly condensed and focused presentation of each artist’s past and current practice. The aim is to showcase the essence of each artist’s individual world in the most representative way.
The eight participating artists each engage with their surroundings in distinct ways, translating perception into material form. The inevitable gaps that emerge in this process transform into various expressions—ranging from ironic commentaries on presence, to collective archives, political undertones in art, or even sensorial translations through light and sound.

Jewyo Rhii, Turn Depot, 2021–23, aluminium, iron, stainless steel. Courtesy Barakat Contemporary, Seoul

Upon entering the lobby, visitors will encounter an installation by Goen Choi, where industrial pipes—typically hidden behind walls—are brought to the forefront. Their function and form are disrupted, yet they remain in elegant dialogue with the architectural structure.
On the second floor, Minae Kim presents a large-scale installation that expands on her earlier work The Recluse. The piece explores the duality of visibility and concealment, questioning the conditions under which something can exist only when layered or veiled. The installation intervenes with the viewer’s movement through the space, creating a site-specific counterpoint. Facing this work is Jewyo Rhii, who revisits her ongoing Love Your Depot series. She re-contextualizes artworks marginalized by market logic, carefully considering the afterlife of public art that was never shown or has since been dismantled. Further along the elongated corridor of the second floor, Min ha Park’s paintings are arranged in bilateral symmetry. Her work projects a geometric interpretation of ephemeral elements—light, air, memory—into an urban sensibility.

Jewyo Rhii, Turn Depot (detail), 2021–23, aluminium, iron, stainless steel. Courtesy Barakat Contemporary, Seoul

On the third floor, Sun Woo juxtaposes fragmented bodies and fragile tissues with artificial 3D models and machines, offering an ironically realistic take on bodily presence in a digital age. In contrast, Onejoon Che presents a new multimedia installation based on imagined narratives of cultural exchange between African and Asian youth, drawing on his research into sites such as abandoned military bunkers, North Korean monuments in Africa, and former red-light districts.

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Occupying the B2 void space, Ikkibawikrr offers an immersive installation that evokes the timeless presence of Mireuk—a spiritual figure perceived to transcend time and space. Lastly, Byungjun Kwon’s soundscape invites viewers to wear headsets and move through the space. As they do, they encounter a variety of site-specific sounds recorded by the artist, shifting their perceptual focus from the visual to the auditory.

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