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Hyun Sook Song

HYUN SOOK SONG

Hyun-Sook Song Sprüth Magers 12 February–26 March 2022 Berlin
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Sprüth Magers is delighted to announce the first exhibition of South Korean artist Hyun-Sook Song. In her practice, Song has developed a distinctive style and technique, using tempera, a type of paint consisting of pigments mixed with egg, as the main material. Despite having lived in Germany for 50 years, Song’s artistic outlook has been strongly influenced by Eastern philosophy and calligraphy as well as by her approach to nature and body. A reduced formal language, each brushstroke represents one unique movement and documents the artist’s inner state of mind–thus locating her firmly in the Post-Dansaekhwa movement. Reaching a state of utmost concentration and meditation, Song considers painting a performative happening.

About the Artist

Hyun-Sook Song (Damyang, Jeollanam-do, Korea) lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. Since the 1980s, Song has created a body of work with several repeating motifs: clay pots, wooden poles, silk ribbons and woven textiles take centerstage atop tranquil monochromatic grounds. The presence of light and movement through and around the objects gives Song’s canvases a powerful, nostalgic invocation; each painting references the ephemeral nature of objects housed in the artist’s memory, as well as the ever-changing perception of memory more broadly.

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About the Gallery

Sprüth Magers has expanded from its roots in Cologne (Germany) to become an international gallery dedicated to exhibiting the very best in groundbreaking modern and contemporary art. With galleries located in Berlin Mitte, London’s Mayfair and the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles–as well as an office in Cologne and an outpost in Hong Kong–Sprüth Magers retains close ties with the studios and communities of the German and American artists who form the core of its roster.

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Spruth Magers contemporary art gallery in Berlin
Sprüth Magers
Oranienburger Straße 18, Berlin, Germany
+49 302 888 4030
http://www.spruethmagers.com

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11am - 6pm
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