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Nathan Coley

NATHAN COLEY

No Golden Rules The Page Gallery 24 May–8 July 2023 Seoul
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Nathan Coley’s first solo exhibition in South Korea includes a selection of important works emblematic of his practice: a series of signature large-scale illuminated text works; related small-scale lightbox works, and a group of sculptures representing buildings from different faiths. The exhibition’s title is taken from a phrase by the Humanist playwright, critic and philosopher George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), who said that ‘The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules.’

Coley is interested in the idea of ‘public’ space, and his practice explores the ways in which architecture becomes invested—and reinvested—with meaning. Across a range of media Coley investigates what the built environment reveals about the people it surrounds and how the social and individual response to it is in turn culturally conditioned. Using the readymade to take from and resituate ideas and images in the world, Coley addresses the ritual forms we use to articulate our beliefs—from hand-held placards and public signage to sacred places and sanctuaries. Whether listing in illuminated letters the five ‘Rights of Man’ under Islam or rendering buildings from Giotto’s frescoes as signs of protest, his work frequently turns the specific into the general, thereby testing its function as a form of social representation.

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Nathan Coley (Glasgow, Scotland) is interested in the idea of ‘public’ space, and his practice explores the ways in which architecture becomes invested–and reinvested–with meaning. Across a range of media Coley investigates what the built environment reveals about the people it surrounds and how the social and individual response to it is in turn culturally conditioned.

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Since its inception in Seoul Forest in 2011, Page Gallery has established itself as a hub that mediates the development of the contemporary Korean art scene and introduces cutting-edge international art to the Korean audience. The gallery represents not only many top Korean Artists, including Choi Myoung Young, founding member of the Dansaekhwa group, IM Heung-Soon, Silver Lion winner of the 2015 Venice Biennale, and Yeesookyung, recognised worldwide for her ‘Translated Vase’ sculptures but also international artist such as a Turner Prize nominee Nathan Coley. The gallery endeavours to challenge viewers with unfamiliar visual practices and engage with museums and institutional organisations to promote these artists and their thought-provoking practices. Page Gallery aspires to contribute and communicate with the audience as a cultural and artistic venue for sharing ideas and elevating the Korean art scene.


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G205 Galleria Foret
32-14, Seoulsup 2-gil
Seoungdong-gu
Seoul
South Korea
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Tuesday – Saturday
10:30am – 6pm
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Seoul G205 Galleria Foret, 32-14, Seoulsup 2-gil
The Page Gallery contemporary art gallery in Seoul South Korea
The Page Gallery
G205 Galleria Foret, 32-14, Seoulsup 2-gil, Seoungdong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
+82 2 3447 0049
http://thepage-gallery.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10:30am – 6pm
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