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Lee Hyunjung

“The Hanok (Korean traditional house) is a space that embodies Korean identity and emotions, and it is gaining recognition as a space for communication in the 21st century. The windows of the Hanok are elements that create spatial variability, forming both intangible and tangible spaces, and carry the meaning of coexistence and communication. I aimed to express Korea’s identity by reflecting the abstraction, spatial concepts, and formative elements of the geometric shapes created by the minimalist horizontal and vertical windows of the Hanok.”—excerpt from the artist statement

Lee Hyunjung creates art furniture that focuses on the characteristics of Hanok windows, drawing on the concepts of light and color. She reinterprets the geometric forms and formative qualities of Hanok windows in a modern way, creating new spatial forms using nobang (Korean traditional fabric) and acrylic plates of various colors. She also proposes modular art furniture that reflects the artistic value of handicrafts and captures new artistic and contemporary values through the interaction between furniture and space, light and color, and people. In this exhibition, the artist creates effects of division and overlap through the repeated layering of lines and surfaces, projections, light and color, shadows, gaps, and more. The work aims to express the dynamic space created by the movement of windows. Along with windows, the design focuses on the formative function of furniture in creating diversity through the organic movement of space, as well as the interaction of light and color as they penetrate through the windows. It offers viewers a new experience of abstract space and fosters communication and immersive experience.