Arario Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in FRIEZE Seoul 2022 from 2 to 5 September 2022. With the launch of Frieze in the Asian art market, Arario Gallery aims to explore its Asian identity indepth and approach this from both concrete and specific perspectives. In this context, Arario Gallery will highlight works by masters and established artists from India, the Philippines, Japan, and Korea including Nalini MALANI, Subodh GUPTA, Keiji UEMATSU, Kohei NAWA, Leslie DE CHAVEZ, UM Tai-Jung, KIM Soun-Gui, GWON Osang, and LEE Jinju.
Notable works on view include Nalini MALANI's Alice thru the Looking Glass (Pat Pat Pat, Copper Brain Map), which incorporates the 'Reverse Painting' technique. By applying paint onto the reverse side of a transparent background, the artist reveals the narrative of the work through subverted imagery. MALANI is currently having a solo exhibition at M+, Hong Kong, and will be holding a solo exhibition at the National Gallery, London, England in 2023. A large-scale painting made in the style of 17th century Dutch still life by Subodh GUPTA, who recently held a cooking performance at the Venice Biennale inside an installation of a hut made from various aluminium kitchenware, will be presented at the booth.
Other works include black and white photographs, which record the physical act of experiencing gravity, by Keiji UEMATSU, who is currently having a solo exhibition at the Kirishima Open Air Museum, Kirishima, Japan. As one of Japan's most recognized conceptual artists, UEMATSU received international acclaim following his solo exhibitions at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (1976) and MoMA PS1, New York, USA (1980) as well as his participation in the Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (1988). Kohei NAWA's Throne(g/p_pyramid), a scaled-down version of the 10.4-meter high sculpture installed inside the Louvre Pyramid in 2018, and Leslie DE CHAVEZ's new large-scale paintings, which reacts to the cultural imperialism, the history of colonialism, and political and religious exploitation experienced in the Philippines, will also be on view.
In addition to these works, a sculpture from the 60s exploring the materiality of steel by UM Tai-Jung, one of Korea's only artists to participate in Frieze Sculpture 2019, will be on view alongside the 'Painting of One Brush of Stroke (I-Hua)' series by KIM Soun-Gui, a pioneer of Korean experimental art who practiced conceptual art and performance in Europe and the States in the 60s. KIM will hold a solo exhibition at the ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, as well as participate in the 58th Carnegie International, Pennsylvania, USA later this year. Reclining Figure 4, one of GWON Osang's most recent works from the 'Deodorant Type' series, takes inspiration from Henry Moore's sculptures in reconstructing the American model and TV personality, Gigi Hadid. GWON is scheduled to participate in the group exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK in the fall of 2022. New works by LEE Jinju will be exhibited for the very first time at this year's presentation. LEE, now one of Korea's most well-known Oriental painting artists, was awarded the SongEun Art Award 'Second Prize' and the 31st JoongAng Fine Arts Prize 'Second Prize'. She has had exhibitions at major institutions based in Korea including SongEun Art and Cultural Foundation, Seoul, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, and ARARIO Museum in Space, Seoul.
Alongside the Frieze Viewing Room, FRIEZE Seoul 2022 introduces an online 3D exhibition space produced in collaboration with Vortic, which enhances the experience of viewing works virtually. Together with the works on view at FRIEZE Seoul, works by CHOI Byungso, RYU In, Eko NUGROHO, LEE Jihyun, AHN Jisan, PARK Kiwon, WON Seoung Won, NOH Sangho, HUANG Yuanqing, XU Bacheng, YAN Heng, and ZHU Xiangmin will be presented at the Frieze Viewing Room and Vortic.