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The Vivian Choi Gallery has been holding the Reflective Space: Void Towards The Realm of The Mind exhibition since March 16th. This exhibition began with a fundamental question: what is an artistic act? Artist Kim In-gyeom has said that his work begins when he escapes from the consciousness of making something new and discovers what has already been made.

“I collected the discarded plywood scorched by the sun and scratched by the wind and rain for a long time. I cut out the deeply damaged areas and trimmed and burned the areas that could be salvaged, and began to incorporate them into my work. I feel happy and moved as if I was dealing with a life that was saved as I watched the discarded things that had to go to the garbage dump be transformed into a vivid and confident work amidst the pain of planting a new life.”
Kim In-gyeom (1945 – 2018)

Artist Kim In-gyeom placed importance on the beginning and process of artwork because he believed that “work left behind is not meaningful, but that the artist’s mental movement, judgment, and the action itself have important value.” Participating artists in the Reflective Space: Void Towards The Realm of The Mind exhibition, Kim In-gyeom, Kim Dong-hyung, and Jeong Min-hee, rather than focusing on the creation of the work itself, see what already exists with new eyes. The meaning of work is found in infusing new values into the spiritual realm of self-reflection beyond the material realm of the work.
As Kim In-gyeom said, “Drawing, expressing, and erasing are all expressions in painting.” Through Reflective Space: Void Towards The Realm of The Mind, a three-person exhibition by Kim In-gyeom, Kim Dong-hyeong, and Jung Min-hee, who look at existing things with new eyes and infuse new values into them, the hope is that you understand the work as much as you erase the ideological framework.