Jong Oh | Lodestone
September 2014 - January 2015
Jong Oh was born in Mauritania in 1981. Having spent most of his childhood in Spain, Oh then moved to South Korea. He completed his MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he currently lives and works. His work has been shown in the U.S., Korea, Mexico and several European countries. This is his first solo exhibition in Mexico.
Neither photographs nor descriptive language do much to clarify the spatial complexity of his installations, which appear to move abruptly between visibility and invisibility. One must be within the space to fully experience this pieces. Departing from the manipulation of simple elements such as thread, graphite, wood, pegs, weights and acrylic sheets, Oh generates subtle compositions, finely callibrated to stay in balance. The punctual lighting and the shadows that arise from these materials are essential to complete the work. Oh's work invites the viewer to reflect on the limits of perception and about the multiplicity of the spatial and temporal dimensions that come together to shape our experience of ārealityā.
Absentia, 2012-2014
Bell cast in bronze with the intention of staying silent until its destruction
Ploblemas del momento en 9 estudios breves, 2014
Registration on drywall, 240 x 366 cm
DesapariciĆ³n de evidencias (PEMEX), 2014
Wooden stick with metal tip and newspaper
DocumentaciĆ³n de proceso de fundiciĆ³n realizado en Tlahuetompa MĆ©xico, 2013
63 printings.
Printing Oiticica (The anarchist doctrine accesible to all) (Metaesquema, 1957), 2014
Video HDVB/N, book with chain and ring, brass seal
Printing Oiticica (The anarchist doctrine accesible to all) (Metaesquema, 1957), 2014
Video HDVB/N, book with chain and ring, brass seal
Poliuretano modificado con microondas, 2015
Polyurethane , copper, steel , microwave. 3.5 cm each.
Prueba de humo (desapariciĆ³n de archivos/reconstrucciĆ³n de la memoria), 2015
Video HD