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Chung Chang-Sup Axel Vervoordt Gallery 4 July–19 September 2020 Antwerp
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Axel Vervoordt Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Chung Chang-Sup (Cheongju, 1927–Seoul, 2011). The exhibition features works from the artist’s forty-year quest to master his technique with tak, a natural material that’s made from the inner bark of the mulberry—a native tree in Korea. Works from Chung’s three most important series, ‘Return’, ‘Tak’, and ‘Meditation’ (in chronological order), are juxtaposed in the installation.

A significant confluence of historical events seem to contrast with Chung’s contemplative memories during the period these works were created: Korea’s turbulent history during the Japanese occupation at the time Chung was born; the grip of the antagonism caused by the Cold War afterward; until the foundation of South Korea in 1948; the subsequent Korean war; and eventually the processes associated with ‘modernisation’ and the search for a cultural identity.

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About the Artist

Chung Chang-Sup was a pioneering figure of the Korean art movement Dansaekhwa, renowned for his monochromatic, tactile paintings that merge nature and materiality through his unique use of Korean mulberry (tak/hanji) fibre.

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The Axel Vervoordt Company and Axel Vervoordt Gallery are located at a site known as Kanaal–a converted industrial distillery that has become a cultural and residential community.

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Kanaal
Stokerijstraat 19
Wijnegem
Antwerp
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Antwerp Kanaal, Stokerijstraat 19
Axel Vervoordt Gallery contemporary art gallery in Antwerp Belgium
Axel Vervoordt Gallery
Kanaal, Stokerijstraat 19, Wijnegem, Antwerp, Belgium
+32 335 533 00
http://www.axel-vervoordt.com

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11am – 6pm
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