KIM YongChul

For bekgin, painting is one of the many facets through which he investigates his diverse interests but never allows it to collide or compromise in any way with the other modes of his artistic practice. On the contrary, he deliberately focuses on the visual, and more importantly, the tactile nature of the brushwork as a means to translating ideas in the way music or film cannot suffice. He always carefully expresses himself in words, explains his work as below: “My work is a vain attempt, and in this attempt, I try to observe and sometimes reject the marks of numerous civilizations and history. Also I am eager to capture the sophisticated emotion and rationality of human beings, the observing agents, with the emphasis on intuition and acquisition. In this, the emotion and rationality of human beings tends to be unsettled and splendid, for they are imperfect and indefinite. At the same time, this is rather more like self-discipline than nihilism. This kind of action is not for development, but for a simple transition.”
Nayoung Cho/ Assistant Curartor, PLATEAU

 

 

 

bekgin
Born in 1972, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
1994 Department of Sculpture, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

Selected Solo Exhibition
2013 Hyunjhin Baik, Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2012 Hyunjhin Baik, 43 Inverness Street Gallery, London, UK
Paintings Next Door, ggooll & ggoollpool‎, Seoul, Korea
2011 Thirteen Pieces + bonus, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 The End:The Linear Version, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008 Vagrant N’ Substance, Arario Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Adjective Look, Viafarini, Milan, Italy

Selected Group Exhibition
2015 Tracing Shadows, Plateau, Seoul, Korea
2014 Have a Good Day, Mr.Kim!, Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Architecture & the Seoul Mixtape: bekgin’s Almost Pseudo-Illegal Ensemble, Plateau, Seoul, Korea
82-33-44, Choi & Lager Project, Paris, France
Hypermetamorphosis Theatre 2. Theatre of Blindness, MMCA, Seoul, Korea
2013 #2_NEW SCENES, Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2012 Welcome Mr. Courbet! Vol. 3, MMCA, Gwacheon, Korea
Special Performance Ⅰ , Plateau, Seoul, Korea
Ancient Futures, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy, NEO Bankside, Pavilion C, 70 Holland Street, London, UK