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To some extent, everyone lives with thoughts that are distorted or inclined in one direction - their own particular biases. Thinking outside the boundaries of common conventions may be regarded as abnormal, or it may instead become a wondrous space in which one discovers what makes oneself truly oneself.

Hoonseo Jo, Inseung Lee, and Seonggyu Maeng welcome their respective biases with a sense of wonder, transforming them through their artistic practices. Unexpectedly, these individual inclinations meet at certain points, creating connections and bringing about new forms of change. They immerse themselves in what they are drawn to and embrace it, sharing and resonating with one another through their respective biases within the exhibition space.

The exhibition also invites you to ask yourself: What is your Bias?

What a Bias!

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All of my work begins with personal mythology and inner world. I aim to visualize this world by forming a transitional space within the exhibition space.

The ceiling painting and three paintings on the walls presented in this exhibition move between fantasy and mythology, Hell and Heaven, transforming one section of the exhibition space into a state resembling Purgatory. In the sky, seven angels from the Last Judgment in the Book of Revelation appear, blowing their trumpets. On the walls, mythical beings perform unknown acts that seem to resemble a ritual. A demon recites a line from Shakespeare’s The Tempest: “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” The space becomes both a theatre and the interior of a religious building.

The work does not stop at the space I occupy, but extends into the spaces of the other artists. A sculpture with three heads represents the three artists. Made through objects received from the other two artists, the sculpture recalls Cerberus, the guardian of Hell, or perhaps Lucifer with three heads. A drawing reminiscent of Dürer’s Melencolia or Goya’s etchings occupies one wall of Seonggyu Maeng’s space. As my work moves into another artist’s space, a personal world encounters another world.

Visualizing a world that begins from the personal and temporarily bringing it into reality, while finding points of connection with the audience, is a subject I have continued to explore through my work. In this exhibition, I also want to look for these points of connection through my relationship with the other artists. Works that begin from each artist’s personal world meet within the same space, occupying their own spaces while also slightly invading and expanding into each other’s worlds, creating new possibilities for connection.

A personal world can never exist entirely on its own.