Seoul Art Space_GEUMCHEON: Artist Suggestion Project 2012

Title. Residence
Artist. Kim, Bo Joong
Date. 23th May - 12th June 2012
Opening. 23th May, 6pm
Location. PS.333(Exhibition Space) at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon

김보중_개포동-비오는날녹색옥상_캔버스에 유채_154×154cm_2011

김보중_이태원-빈방_캔버스에 유채_130.3×162.2cm_2011

김보중_개포동-녹색옥상_캔버스에 유채_1162.2×130.3cm_2011

김보중_구로동-강남아파트_캔버스에 유채_154×154cm_2012

김보중_안창마을-긴계단_캔버스에 유채_162.2×130.3cm_2011

김보중_용인-안골숲_캔버스에 유채_130.3×162.2cm_2012

김보중_대부도-먼곳_캔버스에 유채_130.3×97cm_2012

April 19th(Thur), 2012 ~ May 17th(Thur), 2012
10:00am ~ 06:00pm
Seoul Art Space GEUMCHEON (333-7, Docksan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Korea)

Artists (3rd Residence Artists)
- Quentin Cornet (France)
- Gabriel Rico Jimenez (Mexico)
- Les Joynes (US)
- Linh Nguyen (Vietnam)
- James Robert Southard (US)
- Adam Thompson (UK)
- Jody Wood (US)

Seoul Art Space GEUMCHEON is pleased to present PLAYPANOPTICON the exhibition includes works made by seven international artists from France, Mexico, the United States, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom who have been guests of the Seoul Art and Culture Foundation and Seoul Art Space GEUMCHEON January-May, 2012. The artists are Quentin Cornet(France), Gabriel Rico Jimenez(Mexico), Les Joynes(US), Linh Nguyen(Vietnam), James Robert Southard(US), Adam Thompson(UK), and Jody Wood(US). The word, PLAYPANOPTICON is a new term created by the artists that represents the artists' multiple viewpoints and perspectives within varied contexts in Korea. The term, 'Panopticon' comes from a discourse by Michel Foucault(1926~1984), which explores panoptic surveillance systems created in a modern society that extend to realms beyond their intended scope. Columbia University art historian, Jonathan Crary addresses this in his book, Techniques of the Observer on Vision and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century, (MIT Press, 1992), that beyond the scope of the panopticon in modern times, the subject of viewing should be individuals, who in turn monitor the entire society, which may be allowed to monitor the subjects of the panopticon. As Walter Benjamin said, the individuals should be not onlookers - but observers. PLAYPANOPTICON creates a new interpretation on the Panopticon and observation leading us as objective viewers to act as observers and players/ activators.