Nameless flowers bloom among the cracks in the aged concrete, turning abandoned land into a garden. The craftsmanship of an unknown mason who built the wall left a clean aesthetic on the surface. The various marks, peeled paint, and accumulated dust on the cement wall draw a distant landscape of mountains. The stories of what humans have created and what nature has left behind pile up over time; all of these layers accumulate, and beauty naturally emerges from them.
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- Medium
- oil on birch plywood panel
- Size
- 16.2 cm x 11.2 cm x 0.5 cm
- Year
- 2023
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- Unique work
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Jongheon Bae (b. 1969) discovers artistic values in ordinary things with deep thinking and lyrical sensibility, and expresses them through visual media. He creates his own works without restrictions on form and material. He majored in painting at Gachon University and its graduate school, and completed a doctorate in fine arts at Kyungpook National University. Jongheon Bae held a total of 17 solo exhibitions, including Gallery SoSo's 《Trying Nothing》. He also participated in several group exhibitions at home and abroad including Animamix Biennale(Shanghai), Busan Biennale(Busan), Changwon Sculpture Biennale(Changwon), Jeonnam International Ink Biennale(Mokpo), Daegu Photo Biennale(Daegu), the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Sungkok Museum of Art, Arko Art Museum, SFAC Galleries in San Francisco, ArtN space in Shanghai, and DUMBO Art Center in New York. He published a massive book, 『Bae JongHeon_JagUpZipSeo』(2015, Seoul: Monocle), which is a compilation of his artistic world, including artist's notes summarizing his artistic thoughts, work records, and catalogs. Bae Jongheon won the Goam Art Award in 2014, and his works are collected in the Arko Art Museum, Seoul Museum of Art, and Gyeonggi Art Museum. Following the Glenfiddich Artist-in-Residence in Scotland in 2021, he is working as an artist-in-residence at the Changdong Residency at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2023. In there he is expanding the scope of his work through inspiration from new spaces and life.
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Gallery SoSo began in 2007 in Heyri Village, Paju, to breathe with artists in the field of Korean art, just like a wooden structure that harmonizes together without defying nature. Since its opening, it has held about seven exhibitions every year, actively participating in domestic and international art fairs, and has grown with great artists who lead Korean Contemporary Art. In 2022, with the help of art-loving sponsors, we are looking for new leaps to contribute to the development of Korean Contemporary Art by opening Seoul's exhibition space, The SoSo.
Go to gallery page →Nameless flowers bloom among the cracks in the aged concrete, turning abandoned land into a garden. The craftsmanship of an unknown mason who built the wall left a clean aesthetic on the surface. The various marks, peeled paint, and accumulated dust on the cement wall draw a distant landscape of mountains. The stories of what humans have created and what nature has left behind pile up over time; all of these layers accumulate, and beauty naturally emerges from them.
Artwork details+
- Medium
- oil on birch plywood panel
- Size
- 16.2 cm x 11.2 cm x 0.5 cm
- Year
- 2023
- Signature
- frontside
- Edition
- Unique work
- Certificate
- Certificate of Authenticity issued by the gallery
Shipping & taxes+
- Ships from the gallery's location (set per work, defaults to the gallery address)
- Cost calculated at checkout by destination
- Optional full insurance in transit
- Usually ships within 10 business days, fine-art packed
- In-person pickup available for some works (no shipping fee)
- Listed price may include VAT applicable in the seller's country or the work's place of shipment
- Duties, import VAT/GST, customs fees, and other taxes in the buyer's country are not included and are the buyer's responsibility
- These are assessed by the destination customs authority and billed separately by the carrier
- Sales tax may be added at checkout depending on jurisdiction
