Past Exhibition
Vitalis Violentia
©️ Dennis Scholl (2024). Courtesy of the artist and PODIUM, Hong Kong
The exhibition opens on 28 September 2024 (Sat) from 2 to 7 PM and is on view till 23 November 2024 (Sat). Artist Dew Kim will be present at the opening, while at 4 PM there will be an artist talk conducted in English.
Artists
In his new freestanding and wall sculptural installations, Dew Kim psycho-analyses his recent painful heartbreak and sheds light on how intimacy and romance are a microcosm of societal violence, visualising the emotional masochism he experienced through his signature, sharp-witted, BDSM-inspired aesthetics. Meanwhile, the three lush and intricate paintings by Berlin-based painter Dennis Scholl form a hauntingly beautiful worldview that oscillates between brutality and beauty, violence and tenderness, capturing the psychological turmoils arising from the everchanging tensions between sacrifice, vulnerability, and sanctuary. Staging and juxtaposing pictorial scenes subtly adorned with elements of cruelty, absurdity, and void, the three new paintings by Tseng Chien-Ying unveil the obscure violence in the subconscious of human existence through morbid humour and uncanny storytelling. Through filmic depictions of the body, Wang Pei's newest canvas work portrays unfiltered, primordial violence that reveals our deep, historical fascination with the 'devouring of subjectivity' conjuring moments of narrative suspense, exploring innate human reflexes and desires. Lastly, Hannah Woo, the inaugural winner of the Frieze Seoul Artist Award supported by Bulgari, manipulates the fluidity and malleability of textiles to create soft sculptures that visualise the indiscernible yet often violent forces inflicted on the body, presenting a potential alternative of womanhood that is incomprehensible within Western normative feminist discourse.
Works
Dew Kim
† Cruel Cuddle †
2024
Stainless steel, aluminum, glass
130 x 125 x 65 cm | 51.2 x 49.2 x 25.6 in
† Cruel Cuddle †
2024
Stainless steel, aluminum, glass
130 x 125 x 65 cm | 51.2 x 49.2 x 25.6 in
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Dew Kim
† Brutal Balloon †
2024
Stainless steel, aluminum, glass
148 x 100 x 76 cm | 58.3 x 39.4 x 29.9 in
† Brutal Balloon †
2024
Stainless steel, aluminum, glass
148 x 100 x 76 cm | 58.3 x 39.4 x 29.9 in
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Dennis Scholl
Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version)
2024
Oil on canvas
95 x 75 cm | 37.4 x 29.5 in
Anfang und Öffnung (twilight version)
2024
Oil on canvas
95 x 75 cm | 37.4 x 29.5 in
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Wang Pei
The Carnival
2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 x 3 cm | 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 in
The Carnival
2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 x 3 cm | 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 in
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Dennis Scholl
Contemplation
2023
Oil on wood
48 x 37 cm | 18.9 x 14.6 in (framed)
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2023
Oil on wood
48 x 37 cm | 18.9 x 14.6 in (framed)
Tseng Chien-Ying
Filters
2024
Ink and colors on paper, mineral pigments, silver powder
27.5 x 35 cm | 10.8 x 22.7 in
Filters
2024
Ink and colors on paper, mineral pigments, silver powder
27.5 x 35 cm | 10.8 x 22.7 in
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Hannah Woo
Agari
2024
Fabric, cotton, aluminium wire, acrylic spray on fabric, silicone
118 x 124 x 56 cm | 46.5 x 48.8 x 22 in
Agari
2024
Fabric, cotton, aluminium wire, acrylic spray on fabric, silicone
118 x 124 x 56 cm | 46.5 x 48.8 x 22 in
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Hannah Woo
Bleeding Tungsten
2024
Fabric, cotton, beads, acrylic spray on fabric, steel frame
100 x 80 x 60 cm | 39.3 x 31.5 x 23.6 in
Bleeding Tungsten
2024
Fabric, cotton, beads, acrylic spray on fabric, steel frame
100 x 80 x 60 cm | 39.3 x 31.5 x 23.6 in
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