HWANG Gyutae
HWANG Gyutae(b.1938) ’s interest in digital images in the 1980s led to new frontiers, such as digital montage, collage, and compositing. Through an extended cycle of experimentation, he found ‘pixels’ – the base unit of images in the form of dots, in the digital images. Drawn to the infinite possibility and visual potential of these geometric images, he launched his series.
HWANG’s series lacks, or falls short of the basic process of “recording” in photography, and instead harbors “choice” and “magnification.” In other words, his works move away from the traditional process of capturing an object and making it appear on the sensitive film strip, and instead focus on discovering a wide variety of pixels in different forms and colors as they appear in the process of choosing and magnifying images and monitors. That already exists for disparate reasons, ultimately visualizing and materializing them through a range of methods. In this process, the products arising from the original image multiply. It does not matter whether these processes are shown in the photographs or not. His total directional work, which he describes as “chosen pixels rather than made products,” must be understood in the larger context of “image” studies rather than seen through the narrow lens of conventional “art” or formal history.
HWANG Gyutae was born in Chungnam, Yesan and graduated from Dongguk University with a degree in Political Science. From 1984 to 1992, he worked as a photographer for The Kyunghyang Shinmun, a major daily newspaper published in South Korea. He became a full-time artist in the late 1950s and had his first solo exhibition at the Korea Press Center (Seoul, Korea) in 1973. Since then, he has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Design Gallery Moiso (Seoul, Korea); Korean museums including Kumho Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea); Art Sonje Center (Seoul, Korea); MMCA, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea); and SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) as well as in museums across Japan and USA. His works are housed in a number of national and private institutions, such as MMCA, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea) and The Museum of Photography Seoul (Seoul, Korea).
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Hydrodynamics 유체역학, 2022
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Pixel AI PiXY Heart #2, 2022
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Pixel AI PiXY Heart #7, 2022
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Spring Leaf 봄 잎새, 2022
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Sky Scarf 하늘 스카프, 2021
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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Pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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pixel, 2018
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Pixel, 2018
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Pixel, 2018
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Pixel, 2018
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Pixel, 2018
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Pixel the Rite of Bits, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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Pixel 픽셀, 2018
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pixel: after Malevich-blue circle, 2018
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pixel: after Malevich-blue cross, 2018
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pixel: after Malevich-blue square, 2018
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Evolution-Pixel, 2016
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Hi Daddy!, 2010s
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Pixel - Big Brother, 2010s
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Third Skin, 2010s
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Third Skin, 2010s
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Reproduction II 복제 II, 2005
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Color Dots, 2001
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Pixel 픽셀, 2001
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Reproduction_Baby, 1998
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Big Bang Theory, 1995-2000
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Reproduction I 복제 I, 1995
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Pixel, 1994
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Pixel 픽셀, 1994
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Melting the Sun (Burnography), 1993
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Melting the Sun 녹아내리는 태양, 1993
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Cenogenesis 신형발생, 1970
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Untitled, 1969-1970
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Burning the City I, 1969
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Burning the City II, 1969
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Impression of the City I, 1969
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Blow Up America, 1965-1975
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[News] [Memories of Photography] Dance from 'Real Photo'
30 March 2024Park Mi Kyoung, Ryu Ga Heon, The JoongAngRead more -
[Exhibition] HWANG Gyutae: The Printed World
4 October 2022The photographic works by HWANG Gyutae are being exhibited at the pre-opening program of the Photographic Arts Center, Seoul Museum of Art, 'The Printed World'....Read more -
[Exhibition] HWANG Gyutae: PiXEL AI PiXY
5 July 2022The 20th solo exhibition 'PiXEL AI PiXY' by HWANG Gyutae, who has been attempting and working with burning film, compositing, analog montage, and double exposure...Read more -
[NFT] HWANG Gyutae: Upbit
4 March 2022HWANG Gyutae's NFT works, which had been exhibited at the virtual exhibition of 6th World Script Symposia, will be released at UPbit NFT on 7...Read more -
[Art Fair] West Bund Art & Design 2021
12 November 2021Arario Gallery participates in West Bund Art & Design 2021 held at West Bund Art Center Hall B from 11th to 14th November. Kohei NAWA...Read more -
[Exhibition] HWANG Gyutae: Anthropocene II: See Our Planet
31 August 2021HWANG Gyutae's photography works are currently on view in 'Anthropocene II: See Our Planet', an exhibition taking place at Busan Internatioanl Photo Festival 2021. Through...Read more -
[Exhibition] HWANG Gyutae: Jet Lag_Camera
1 April 2021HWANG Gyutae will particpate in 'Jet Lag: Camera', a two-person exhibition at SPACE 55, which opens on 1 April. 'The exhibition, which introduces HWANG's 'pixel'...Read more -
[Exhibition] HWANG Gyutae: The Centennial of Korean Art Photography 1920-2020
19 December 2020HWANG Gyutae participates in 'The Centennial of Korean Art Photography 1920s-2020s', a group exhibition, which is currently taking place in the State Russian Museum and...Read more