Naming

July 19 - July 28, 2000

The Korean artist Bae Joon-Sung's first exhibition in Gallery Ihn contains a scene which distorts reality with a neatly fascinating playful agility. He clothes his Korean models with the remains of the Occidental art. The pictures of Ingres, of David, of Manet, provide him with the costumes he needs to clothe the nude bodies of his photographic subjects.

Working in a variety of media, which range from a collage of fruit peers to nude photography and copies of ancient masterpieces, Bae has a reputation being one of the most complicated and strategic artists, and been described as an anarchist and a sarcastic joker. His work engages in the process of painting analyzing its structure, and bringing to light the reciprocal relationship between artists, critics and the audience.  On the surface, then, Bae's work evokes the grandeur of Art History beneath which, like his nude subjects, lies his simple enjoyment of the creative process.

Born in Kwan-ju in 1967, Bae Joon-Sung studied at the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. As one of emergent young artists in Korea, he has widely participated in several national and international group exhibitions, such as the "Arles Photo Festival" in France, "Kang-Kyung" at the Hanlim Museum in Daejeon, and at the Kumho Museum of Art 10th Inaugural Exhibition in Seoul.