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Language of Selves - Paris Contemporary

Name: Language of Selves - Paris Contemporary
Start: 2026-08-25
End: 2026-10-10
Location: Gallery CNK

Free · Jung-gu Gallery CNK

Dates: Aug 25 ~ Oct 10
Venue: Gallery CNK
Area: Daegu Jung-gu
Price: Free
Enquiries: 053-424-0606

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Gallery CNK presents the works of three contemporary artists based in Paris, France, who are establishing their own unique domains. These artists build spaces on canvas like writing an essay in their own plastic language, drawing from emotional and cultural sensibilities accumulated over a long time. For them, painting is not a matter of reproducing an object, but rather the traces and energy of their inner selves that emerge intentionally or unintentionally. Visitors can experience fundamental sensations found in the middle ground between two-dimensional and three-dimensional, figurative and abstract, and drawing and painting. Patrice Pantin (b. 1963, France) 'The concept of what is visible and what is hidden is at the heart of my work. A drawing's true value is discovered only when you walk around and view it from the best angle. The work also has characteristics of constantly flying away to escape the gaze, playing with light at every moment, and playing hide-and-seek with the viewer.' Pantin makes incisions on paper and, with a brush soaked in black and primary colored paint, covers the prepared surface as if pouring the paint following his unconscious gestures. At the very moment the work gains life, he removes the film piece by piece, leaving lines on the paper. Those lines harbor a vital energy, and the colors wriggle in organic forms as if they have life. He shows the direct energy of materiality through repetitive techniques of stroking, cutting, painting, and burning. Christophe Robe (b. 1966, France) 'To me, the forms in my work are a kind of emotional messenger. Unstable figures exist within unstable spaces. It is like a "theater" where forms, body fragments, and somewhat distorted shapes are constantly transformed. They do not tell a specific story, but inevitably evoke a deeper narrative interpretation of painting and drawing... To me, they feel like messengers of emotion passing through the upheavals of the world and the history of inner change.' The organic forms in Robe's work are intertwined with familiarity and anxiety, intimacy and tension. Heterogeneous elements are expressions of various emotions existing within the artist, sometimes appearing as fragmentary shapes or cartoonish characters, becoming a medium for communicating with the world. Yoo Hye-Sook (b. 1964, Korea, France) Yoo Hye-Sook builds a unique sense of time and space through the accumulation of ascetic-like actions on the screen. First, a black grid work, followed by blue works that draw one in as if they were the sea or the sky, and light wriggling through the layers of paint. - Looking at the quiet screen, light seeps through traces like breathing holes where the brush has passed, much like the "bibaek" (white space) in traditional Korean painting, creating a characteristic sense of space. The method of stacking layers of paint might seem familiar to Koreans, but her work certainly possesses a sense of the sublime not found in other works. Is it perhaps because of the crude purity hidden within the delicacy? Through this exhibition — through phenomena manifested materially, through shapes appearing unconsciously, and through light emerging from repeated accumulation — we hope you can experience an encounter with the abyss of these three artists. -As we approach the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France in 2026, we hope this will be an opportunity to reflect on the seriousness and existence of art that connects the two countries.-

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Today(Fri)Rain · 25° ~ 27° · 60% chance of rain
Aug 29(Sat)Rain · 24° ~ 30° · 80% chance of rain
Aug 30(Sun)Rain · 23° ~ 30° · 60% chance of rain

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