DAVID RAPPENEAU

Special K Gladstone 16 November 2023–13 January 2024 Samseong-ro, Seoul

Press Release

One night, a thought came to us like an unwelcome visitor.

“I think I’ve lost something.’
‘You too?’ ’
Yeah. But I don’t know what I lost.’
‘Actually, so do I.’

This little thought spread like a plague among us over the course of a short night. It was like a phantom pain, where you feel the pain of an organ that doesn’t exist.

We ran out onto the street to find what we had lost, but we couldn’t find anything. Not between buildings where the moonlight melts like sugar, not in the dark and dingy alleyways, not on the trees alongside the streets that gnarled like an old man’s grasping hands. All things shining were already stuffed inside the show window.

‘It’s obvious we’ve lost something. Maybe it’s something we never had in the first place.’–Jeon Jakka

Other Works by David Rappeneau

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Untitled by David Rappeneau contemporary artwork drawing

David Rappeneau Untitled, 2018 Acrylic, ballpoint pen, pencil, and charcoal pencil on paper
64.8 x 50.2 cm
73 x 58.1 x 3.8 cm (incl frame) Gladstone Request Price & Availability

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About the Artist

David Rappeneau is a French artist living and working in France. Those are the few facts he will confirm: his name, citizenry, and occupation. In an era of ever-expanding transparency and dissolving privacy standards, Rappeneau’s divergence from traditional self-promotion practices transcends into the digital realm. He abstains from participating in interviews, appearing at exhibition openings, or partaking in art world events, instead bolstering his visibility and building an audience through a hyper-present online existence spanning across the social media platforms Instagram, Tumblr, and X (formerly Twitter).

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Also Exhibiting at Gladstone

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SHAHRYAR NASHAT Beast in Both Palms Gladstone 24 June–8 August 2026 130 East 64th Street, New York

GROUP EXHIBITION The Vandals Gladstone 24 June–8 August 2026 515 West 24th Street, New York

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760, Samseong-ro
Gangnam-gu
Seoul
South Korea

Opening Hours

Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm

Gladstone

760, Samseong-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea

+82 2 6218 0760
http://gladstonegallery.com

Opening hours

Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm

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