안태은 개인전
May 23 – 27, 2018
Gallery M, CICA Museum
Bodily Body
Statement
My works are about a matter of perception. It is deeply rooted upon my attempt to perceive the world and the others through the body. To me, body is considered not only as a bridge between the inner and the outer world but also as an open site to encounter the world. The mutual interactivity between the body and the world plays a significant role in a process of creating perception, forming unprecedented relationships. Emphasising intersubjective body, most of my art practices focus on body’s movement (gesture or action), accepting it as a core medium to work with.
Through my practices, I use a simple gesture that can be easily found in everyday life. However, rather than approaching it under the context of everyday, I de-contextualise daily condition by positioning the gesture in a shifted condition which I particularly provide. By doing so, the gesture can be separated from its original function and its conventional meanings and, therefore, allows itself to be released and perceived purely as-itis.
In removing any social, political, or cultural conditions from the gesture and repeating it meditatively, my work seeks to provide a platform to reconsider the meaning of a given gesture and its potential to perceive the world through interactions that are derived from it.
Tae Eun Ahn (b.1991) is a visual artist who was born in South Korea and currently lives and works in London and Seoul. Ahn earned a MA in sculpture from Royal College of Art in UK (2017) and a BFA Sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design in USA (2015). Her work has been featured in international exhibitions held in galleries and alternative spaces, including Camden Art Centre, G11 Oxo Gallery, Charlie Smith London, The Crypt Gallery and University of Edinburgh Sculpture Court in UK; Imago Foundation for the Arts and Gelman Gallery in USA; Gallery Gabi, Gallery Dooin and Seogyo Experimental Art Centre in South Korea. In 2017, Ahn won Anthology Award 2017 as well as Khojaly Peace prize. Exploring the phenomenological body and its movement(action) as a tool to seek for and re-define her existence, her process-oriented work mainly take form as performance, video and installation.
Tae Eun Ahn 안태은 “Untitled” (2017)