Do Dream Small Museum prepared 《Feeling, Thinking》 as its second exhibition of 2018 for spectators to appreciate.

Ryu Hyun-suk, communicating through the arts.

Artist Ryu Hyun-suk, who wants spectators to freely appreciate her works, says that drawing is not a special duty but a part of her daily life. Her work which incorporates a date that approaches like a code and the traces of that day further includes both significant and petty incidents, weather and moods at that time. Reminiscing about her childhood and the day that the artist discovered a pencil eraser at her neighborhood shop and shouted, “This is it!”, the artist wrote a diary entry filled with details with an eraser, and she proceeded to write her worries about nature and life through drawings.

Furthermore, the artist mixes colors at random over transparent film to unfold the fun imagination of the question “Don’t you think there is a place like this somewhere in the universe?” Upon the artist’s meaningful comment, “Rather than showing what I know, I will answer only to the extent of what is asked,” we were able to look into the artist’s mind in wanting to relate instead of delivering a message through her works.

We invite you to Ryu Hyun-suk’s 《Feeling, Thinking》 which is filled with fun happenings.

Main Works

《092412, 092612, 100512, 102112》 100*78cm, 80*80cm, Oil on canvas

The numbers of the art work represent the dates the pieces were completed, and the artist creating the images is not some special work but signifies everyday events like writing a diary. The artist does not guide spectators towards a specific direction in regard to her work but allows the audience to freely interpret them. Only, the colors mix with one another to create a subtle change, and the repetitive units come together to form harmony and create a rhythm.

《062611, 070711, 072311, 110108, 070211, 071711》30.5*30.5*8.8cm,

Eraser on plexiglass

While reading an essay by philosopher Walter Benjamin that reminisced on his childhood, I too wanted to create a work that was linked to my own childhood. One day, I was loitering at a neighborhood dollar store, and when I discovered a colorful pencil eraser, I got goosebumps as I got the feeling ‘This is it.’ I liked stationery since I was a child and I spent a lot of time in stationery stores looking at the things they sold, but never did I think of using an eraser as material for my work. I’m thrilled to have discovered another use for erasers.

《041515, 040415, 060815》 145.5*336cm, Oil on canvas

I wanted to visualize the complex, subtle and dramatic dispensation of nature and life through the subtle changes of colors. I hope that the work will become a space of meditation for spectators looking upon my work as well as a place of speculation and medication about nature, life or anything personal. 

《The Arcade 2》 56×56×146.3cm, Acrylic mirror & Eraser on plexiglass

By placing the eraser work designed with colorful erasers inserted onto the surface of the work into the mirror box, a space of infinite reflection that is like a room of mirrors will unfold. Taking a photo of spectators looking in will create a photographic portrait of a background similar to a kaleidoscope (or mandala monogram). When spectators take photographic portraits with their cellphones, the work will be made complete, and this will create sound communication between spectators and the artist.

《In and out》 Various size (200*100cm for each film), Acrylics on PC film

This work was created with the decalcomania technique used over transparent polycarbonate film. The artist chose colors while thinking of beautiful nature, and the colors on the film mixed together to create amorphous forms. Don’t you think that nature that is like these films with a sense of ambiguity in its slippery surface and distinct texture exists somewhere in this world or in the universe?

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