Texts/Critical Texts

ENG ∣ KOR 'Encounter, Two Visions' Shin Hee Won (Gallery Doll Curator) In the paintings of Cho Eun Joung, objects emerge within scenes anchored in nature, interwoven with architectural elements and figures. Through symbolic metaphors, these objects narrate stories that unfold like a novel, crafted from the artist’s subjective perspective. Rather than blending discordantly, they harmonize with..

ENG ∣ KOR It is everywhere Shin Hee Won (Gallery Doll Curator) Art always leaves something behind. It may seem tangible, yet its essence remains elusive—an outcome shaped by personal thought, becoming increasingly ambiguous over time. In the fleeting moments of reality, memories fade, leading us to reinterpret our experiences. In this ever-evolving present, contemporary art invites us to engag..

ENG ∣KOR Unfamiliary Glittering Kim Jeong-dae (CEO of INDIPRESS) Mystery seems to arise when we confront unfamiliar and unexperienced situations—moments that resonate with our own idealized perceptions. It is that thrilling sensation, a fusion of wonder and excitement, that emerges when our imagination expands beyond prediction and into the awareness of an unforeseen reality. This sense of mys..

ENG ｜ KOR The Desire to Communicate in an Age Incapable of It Ahn, Kyoosik (director of Kim Tschang-Yeul Art Museum) The anxiety of contemporary people is amplifying beyond the individual level to the social dimensions, even though we are in an unprecedented era in which unknown knowledge is verified with the help of cutting-edge scientific theory and technology, and the undeveloped land is..

ENG｜ KOR Dual Conditions of Human Existence Lee Seon-young (art critic) Cho Eun-joung’s solo exhibition “Balance Point” negotiates the borders between the conscious and subconscious, reality and fantasy, reason and desire, the Self and the Other. In broad terms, balance connotes a middle ground between contrasting sides; the border is where balance is achieved. Using a characteristically mu..