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JANG Jongwan: Organic Farm

Past exhibition
13 July - 27 August 2017 Seoul
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Press release

Since the beginning of the history of mankind, humans have had an unquenched thirst and desire for salvation in order to fulfill the uncertainties and emptiness of life through envisaging Utopia. Until the Renaissance period, humans have dispersed the idea of ‘heaven’ or ‘paradise’ of their imagination through visual language. When modernity started reshaping the world, people believed that they can realize their own Utopia through industrialization and rationality. However, such Utopia also have failed to actualize itself and lost its possibility due to ceaseless struggles over power and tensions between different ideologies.

 

Self-centered human beings heavily relying on their rationale, dominating the world they reside, also continue to carry a contradicting mindset of disquiet anxiety. JANG Jongwan, in his own cynical yet heart-warming visual language, recreates and pokes at such characteristics of our contemporary society. The artist utilizes rather kitschy, thrown-away, or forgotten animal leathers as his canvas portraying familiar but easily disregarded visual imageries eliminating any potential of lavishness. These leathers, then, become a wholly new entity as a work of art, fully embodying the artist’s nuanced humorous message. Furthermore, JANG is creating his own fable by personifying curious or eerie animals and their animal farm. This fable shares a story of humans’ zealous belief on salvation, absolute and almost fanatical sets of conviction, and the final disillusionment re-confronted with one’s uncertainties and doubts. Utopia no longer is a resplendent promised land, but a fragment of humans’ imagination bore from their endless rapaciousness.

 

Organic Farm asks people, who no longer believe in totems and consider themselves to be civilized individuals, to re-evaluate their beliefs and values that are considered absolute in their life. Further, it re-examines the core elements of humanity and the harms that pluralistic ignorance may cause in a highly developed, fast-paced environment.

 

Born in 1983 in Busan, Korea, JANG Jongwan graduated from the Department of Painting in Hongik University, Seoul in 2009. JANG has been recognized with several important awards including “KUMHO Young Artist” from Kumho Museum (2014),  “SeMA” Young  Artists Support Program  from Seoul Museum of Art (2012), and  “Single Channel Video Archive Contest” from Korea Art Council (2012). The artist’s solo exhibition includes  Organic Farm, ARARIO GALLERY, Seoul ,Korea (2017); I Heard Your Voice, Kumho Museum , Seoul (2014); Golden Teeth, Space Willing n Dealing, Seoul (2014);  Weird Stone, Salon d H, Seoul , (2012); and S.O.S (Save our Souls), Television 12, Seoul.  His  works has been presented in many museums  and art institutions including I Love You, I Love You, HITE Collection , Seoul (2017); NAVER Hello Artists, ARARIO MUSEUM Tapdong Bikeshop, Jeju, Korea (2015); The Moment, We Awe, Sam Sang Contemporary Museum of Art, Hangzhou, China (2014); Neo Sansu, Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu, Korea (2014); and Asia Young Artists 100, Enjoy Museum, Beijing, Chiang (2012). JANG Jongwan currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea.

Publications
  • Jang Jongwan: Organic Farm

    Jang Jongwan: Organic Farm

    2017 Paperback 46 pages
    Publisher: Arario Gallery
    ISBN: 979-11-86399-231
    Dimensions: 185 x 250 mm
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Installation Views
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Works
  • JANG JONGWAN, A YELL OF DELIGHT, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, A YELL OF DELIGHT, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, ALARM, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, ALARM, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, BETWEEN CALM AND PASSION, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, BETWEEN CALM AND PASSION, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, A RETIRED LIFE, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, A RETIRED LIFE, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, ALARM 2, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, ALARM 2, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, A BREEZY DAY, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, A BREEZY DAY, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, AN OWL HOLDING A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, AN OWL HOLDING A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, BLUE BIRD AND FROG, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, BLUE BIRD AND FROG, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, DEAR DODO, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, DEAR DODO, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, CHARMING POINT, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, CHARMING POINT, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, FROM FUTURE, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, FROM FUTURE, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, COME WITH ME, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, COME WITH ME, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, GRAY WAVE, 2014

    JANG JONGWAN, GRAY WAVE, 2014

  • JANG JONGWAN, HE SPOKE AND ALL WAS STILL, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, HE SPOKE AND ALL WAS STILL, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, I RAN INTO HIM BY CHANCE, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, I RAN INTO HIM BY CHANCE, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, BE FLUSHED, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, BE FLUSHED, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 1, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 1, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, IN SOME OTHER PLACE, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, IN SOME OTHER PLACE, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 2, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 2, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 3, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, OMEN 3, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I HAVE FINISHED, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I HAVE FINISHED, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG 2, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG 2, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG 3, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG 3, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, RIP, 2014

    JANG JONGWAN, RIP, 2014

  • JANG JONGWAN, SMELL, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, SMELL, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, RIGHT AND WRONG, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE BIG DIPPER, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE BIG DIPPER, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE GIFT, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE GIFT, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PAPER, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PAPER, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PAPER, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PAPER, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PIPES, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, THE HOLY PIPES, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE LONELY SHEPHERD, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, THE LONELY SHEPHERD, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE MOTH ON YOUR FOREHEAD, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE MOTH ON YOUR FOREHEAD, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE NORTH STAR, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, THE NORTH STAR, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE RECORD 2, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE RECORD 2, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE RECORD, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE RECORD, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE RED SHIT, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, THE RED SHIT, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE RED RICH YEAR, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE RED RICH YEAR, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE RED WATERMILL, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, THE RED WATERMILL, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE SONG OF THE LONELY SHEPHERD, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE SONG OF THE LONELY SHEPHERD, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE STEEL BLUES, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE STEEL BLUES, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE SQUIRREL VISITS HER HOUSE OFTEN, 2017

    JANG JONGWAN, THE SQUIRREL VISITS HER HOUSE OFTEN, 2017

  • JANG JONGWAN, WALK WITH GOD, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, WALK WITH GOD, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, THE SWEATY FROG, 2015

    JANG JONGWAN, THE SWEATY FROG, 2015

  • JANG JONGWAN, WEIRD LIGHT, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, WEIRD LIGHT, 2016

  • JANG JONGWAN, WHITE TIGER WITH BOXER, 2016

    JANG JONGWAN, WHITE TIGER WITH BOXER, 2016

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