masters of light

MASTERS OF LIGHT
Ben Johnson | Hwang Seontae | Lee Jeonglok | Moto Waganari
MASTERS OF LIGHT
Ben Johnson | Hwang Seontae | Lee Jeonglok | Moto Waganari
Among the most famous of all last words is Goethe’s deathbed cry: ‘Mehr licht!’ – ‘More light!’ Like many memorable
phrases uttered in this extreme context, it has been the subject of a great deal of debate. Some of the great writer’s
admirers have seen his words as a plea for spiritual enlightenment. Almost to the end of his life Goethe had been a nonbeliever. In his final year his position on this began to shift. Others have seen the phrase simply as an anguished request to
open wide the shutters of his bedroom. Other still think he may have intended to refer to his book The Theory of Colours,
which Goethe believed to be his most important work, surpassing all his poetic achievements. In fact, on the evening
before his death, he was discussing optical phenomena with his daughter-in-law. These different theories are not mutually
exclusive – there may be a particle of truth in all of them.
Something else is worth remembering here. Goethe’s death in 1832 coincided in neatly symbolic fashion with the start
of the photographic age. In 1826 or 1827, five years at least before the great author died, Nicéphore Niépce produced
the first light-fast camera photograph. In 1839 Louis Daguerre introduced his daguerrotype process to the public, and
photography was soon being used worldwide. While Goethe was probably unaware of Niépce’s experiments, these were
part of the spirit of his age.
It was really photography that taught the world to think in a new way about three-dimensional objects. They were no
longer things that existed completely in their own right. They were now also things that were revealed and modelled by
light. We live in a post-photographic age.
The art works included in this exhibition are very different from one another, but they do have one characteristic in
common. They report on the magic of light – to venture on a tautology: they reveal its power to reveal. The Korean artist
Hwang Seontae and the British painter Ben Johnson depict interior spaces that are defined and moulded by the light
that fills them. The subject is not the space itself but its function as a vessel for illumination. Moto Waganari’s network
sculptures are penetrated by light. His figures cast shadows, doubles of themselves, against the wall. The suspended
sculptures are especially magical. Accompanied by their own shadows, which change shape according to the angle of
the light, they multiply themselves, and become like a shoal of leaping fish. Lee Jeonglok, also Korean, uses photography
to make images of trees that seem to be illuminated by the force of the life pulsing within them – trunks, branches, twigs,
leaves, all ablaze with a violent life force.
We tend to think of photography, in particular, as the art of the literal. Lee Jeonglok demonstrates how it can convey a
feeling of the transcendental. This is also the case with the other works on show. All of them invite the viewer to loosen his
or her grip on everyday perceptions, and enter into a different, meditative state. The rooms depicted are sacred spaces.
The network sculptures are accompanied by their doppelgangers on the walls.
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Ben Johnson (born 1946, Wales)
To stand in front of any Ben Johnson painting is to be drawn into a meditation on space and time. Architectural space
is literally elucidated – flooded with light – so that no flaw or imperfection remains. We are invited to meditate upon this
frozen moment, to contemplate its perfect geometrical precision, and time stops as we do so. Yet the knowledge of how
long it takes Johnson to complete a work, the many long hours of preparation and execution, the computer manipulations
of carefully chosen photographs, the stencilling, the many-layered spray-painting, the surface sponging and polishing,
reminds us that each painting has a history and set of memories of its own, no longer visible but still present. Beneath
their bright surfaces, Ben Johnson’s paintings have always been fraught with contradictions. His careful observation of
materiality – of texture and the play of light – gives his architectural subject-matter an ideal, timeless, deceptively ultrarealist quality. And yet, in spite of this, our sense is strongly that the luminous, ethereal surface effect has been achieved
with a close-to unreasonable commitment in terms of the time and labour invested, and an almost obsessive attention to
every smallest detail. Johnson himself is keen to remind us of this labour-intensive, craft quality to his work.
This means that there is a sense that whilst a flawless, managed abstraction has been created, perfection has been
achieved at a considerable cost. Johnson’s control of his subject – his optimising of the geometry and the way he carefully
alters the image to give it a symmetry and perspective that defies the ‘real’, even in the most rigorous of modern buildings
– is evidence of a desire to restrain a more unstable reality which in the end is bound to fracture and crumble. The very act
of painstakingly holding tightly onto the present betrays an anxiety on the artist’s part that at any moment the past might
force its way back into the picture.
Excerpt from Time Present and Time Past, Alan Cristea Gallery
Professor Lisa Jardine CBE Director, Centre for Humanities Interdisciplinary Research Projects, UCL
Director, Centre for Editing Lives and Letters, UCL
1 Fatherland Room | acrylic on canvas 180 x 250 cm (71 x 98 in)
2 Roman Room | acrylic on canvas 180 x 237 cm (71 x 93 in)
3 Far Horizons II study | acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)
4 Far Horizons III study | acrylic on canvas 50 x 50 cm (20 x 20 in)
5 Crescent Wing | acrylic on canvas 91 x 91 cm (36 x 36 in)
6 Novy Dvur II | acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in)
7 Novy Dvur III | acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in)
8 Novy Dvur IV | acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm (35 x 35 in)
9 Split Time | acrylic on canvas 152 x 152 cm (60 x 60 in)
10 Light Structure | acrylic on canvas 188 x 137 cm (74 x 54 in)
Hwang Seontae (born 1972, South Korea)
Hwang Seontae was born in South Korea in 1972. He studied at Kyunghee University (B.F.A) and trained in glass art and
sculpture at the University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany. He later completed his postgraduate studies in Glass Art,
at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in 2006.
The deracinated interiors of Hwang Seontae bring to mind Edward Hopper’s moments of suspended time. The Korean
conceptualist, Suh Do-ho, once precisely recreated his apartment in New York and his flat in Seoul in nylon and silk
drapes respectively, and left a similar sense of longing to that left by Hwang’s still impressions. Longing rather than loss;
for these interiors are quiet contemplative spaces.
These minimalist interiors offer a rare moment of solace. As the light emanates through the windows Hwang instills an
instant feeling of calm and clarity of thought in the viewer. A place that offers the opportunity to breath freely and face
life on one’s own terms. In an age where we are becoming increasingly more reliant on new media and material culture,
we live in a generation obsessed with ourselves and each other. The boundaries between public and private life are
increasingly becoming less distinguished that there is little left to be deciphered or discovered. It seems there is no longer
place for privacy, even within the confines of our own homes, Hwang’s spaces provide a refreshing release from societal
pressures and show us that we do not need to let consumerism invade every aspect of our life. Hwang Seontae has
exhibited extensively across South Korea, New York, Germany and Austria. In 2005, he won the Grand Prize for both the
‘Merseburger Kunstpreis’ and the ‘Leowenhof-Foerderpreis’.
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11 A Rainy Street | tempered glass, sandblast & animated LED backlit 99 x 77 x 2.5 cm (39 x 30 x 1 in)
12 A Rainy Street II | tempered glass, sandblast & animated LED backlit 99 x 77 x 2.5 cm (39 x 30 x 1 in)
13 2 Chairs II | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 71 x 53 x 4.5 cm (28 x 21 x 2 in)
14 Staircase | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 71 x 53 x 4.5 cm (28 x 21 x 2 in)
15 Travelling | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 53 x 71 x 5.5 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in)
16 The Afternoon Sunshine | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 53 x 71 x 5.5 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in)
17 Living Room with View | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 73 x 116 x 4.5 cm (29 x 45.5 x 2 in)
18 The Room with Sunshine | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 102 x 80 x 5 cm (40 x 31.5 x 2 in)
19 Morning at the Window | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 53 x 71 x 5.5 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in)
20 The Room with Sunshine | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 53 x 71 x 5.5 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in)
21 The View from the Window | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 71 x 53 x 5.5 cm (28 x 21 x 2 in)
22 An Empty Room | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 71 x 53 x 5.5 cm (28 x 21 x 2 in)
23 The Space with Pictures | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 53 x 71 x 4.5 cm (21 x 28 x 2 in)
24 2 Chairs | tempered glass, sandblast & LED backlit 71 x 53 x 5.5 cm (28 x 21 x 2 in)
Lee Jeonglok (born 1971, South Korea)
The Tree of Life series began in the winter of 2006. It was a freezing winter with bitter winds. I saw a glimpse of green at
the tip of a bare branch. “Did I really see it then?” Whatever it might have been that I saw, a seed of life must have been
embedded inside that dry branch devoid of vitality, like all the trees that have to endure the long, barren winter. Although
not clearly visible, it is without doubt that this vitality exists. This is not the only invisible thing that exists in this world. This
was a kind of awakening; an awareness of something that exists in spite of its invisibility. Invisible yet they exist, interacting
with the visible world. They correspond to each other. I wanted to express this in my work. I struggled to find a way to
express the vitality dormant in a dry branch. Going through a series of experiments, I began to use light. Light was the
most appropriate medium to express the vitality that I discerned. Moreover, the sublimity of light is a universal archetype
of mankind like the luminousness of trees. My work began from here. I needed to handle three different lights – natural
light, flashlight and searchlight – for this series of work. In addition to trees, other props were required and many different
kinds of films were needed for changing light and atmosphere of each day. It was impossible to control random outdoor
situations that I had to face daily. It was not uncommon for the outdoor sets, which I had built over several months, to
suddenly be destroyed by worsening weather conditions. The second Tree of Life series was made in an indoor studio.
After having gone through a tiresome three-month test period inside the studio, valid data began to be accumulated.
It took more than four years to learn how to control the light in Trees of Life. A tree of life’s light does not illuminate the
world or the outside of the tree. Instead, it reveals the interior space, the aura of existence. For this reason, I wanted that
light to be subtle, not so spectacular. As experiments continued, the work process for the Tree of Life series has become
stabilized. As the background was transferred from a natural setting to a stage, it became more dramatic with the aura of
the tree of life further intensified. As I learned to manipulate variations of light to some degree, I wanted to see what kind of
effects would be created when a tree of life meets nature full of vitality. Searching for a site that cherishes the deep echoes
of nature, I arrived at Jeju Island. I was awestruck standing in front of Jeju’s unique and alien nature that is extremely
vibrant, almost fearsome. It took two months before I was able to set up my camera in front of this primordial nature
that exceeds any interpretation. I found a tree that resembles Jeju Island and worked at seashores, farms, or forests
imbued with special inspirations. Although my long indoor experience enabled me to handle flashlight skilfully, outdoor
photography was still a huge challenge. At least a week’s work was required just to obtain basic data from a site. Jeju’s
windy and capricious weather was never predictable and films needed to be sent back by air for development. A tree
of life that has emerged in the world again is a gate that connects the visible and invisible worlds or the chasm between
them. Light stands for the communion between the visible and invisible worlds. The tree of life symbolizes the interaction
between these two different worlds as it is. Our industrialized contemporary society is laden with various stimulations that
make us oblivious of life’s fundamental source. I wanted to create a site where the vitality of nature and the substantial
world embedded in us meet. Beyond a mere communication with nature, I hope we will be reminded of the waves from
the invisible world that have been always influencing our life and history.
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25 Tree of Life in Island 5-4-8 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 120 x 95 cm (47 x 37 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 152 x 120 cm (60 x 47 in)
26 Nabi 5 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
27 Tree of Life in Island 5-4-10 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 120 x 95 cm (47 x 37 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 152 x 120 cm (60 x 47 in)
28 Nabi 14 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
29 Nabi 12 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
30 Nabi 10 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
31 Nabi 19 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
32 Tree of Life in Island 5-3-1 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 76 x 130 cm (30 x 51 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 125 x 215 cm (49 x 85 in)
33 Nabi 102 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
34 Tree of Life in Island 5-2-6 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 76 x 130 cm (30 x 51 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 99 x 170 cm (39 x 67 in)
35 Nabi 104 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
36 Tree of Life in Island 5-1-4 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
37 Nabi 7 | edition of 10 | C-Type Print 90 x 120 cm (35 x 47 in)
| edition of 7 | C-Type Print 120 x 160 cm (47 x 63 in)
Moto Waganari (born 1967, Germany)
Lutz Wagner aka Moto Waganari creates transparent network-sculptures which outline a delicate body frame. By
illuminating his sculptures the artists multiplies his three dimensional objects by a two dimensional shadow revealing
the immaterial alter ego of every figure. His characters seem to visualize a surreal, parallel world filled with surprise and
enigma. Moto Waganari’s sculptures seduce the spectator with their appealing beauty and sophisticated weightlessness.
ALBEMARLE
38 The Insider Black | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 30 x 14 x 14 cm (12 x 5.5 x 5.5 in)
39 Big Player | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 47 x 25 x 35 cm (18.5 x 10 x 14 in)
40 Spacepolice Black NE | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 30 x 25 x 15 cm (12 x 10 x 6 in)
41 Moebius | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 45 x 23 x 15 cm (18 x 9 x 6 in)
42 Bigger Artist Black | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 64 x 44 x 31 cm (25 x 17 x 12 in)
43 N19º 54’ W75º Black
edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 22 x 20 x 18 cm (9 x 8 x 7 in)
44 Look Back
edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 30 x 16 x 19 cm (12 x 6 x 7 in)
45 The Rise | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 30 x 15 x 13 cm (12 x 6 x 5 in)
46 Walther PPK | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 20 x 15 x 5 cm (8 x 6 x 2 in)
47 The Seer
edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 40 x 25 x 20 cm (16 x 10 x 8 in)
48 Floater
edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 150 x 30 x 30 cm (59 x 12 x 12 in)
49 Thread People | edition of 8 | SLS/Polyamide 84 x 50 x 30 cm (33 x 20 x 12 in)
50 Three Jumpers | edition of 5 | SLS/Polyamide 45 x 40 x 30 cm (18 x 16 x 12 in) x 3
Ben Johnson, born 1946 in Llandudno, Wales. Studied at the Royal College of Art, London.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 2010-11 2010 2008 2008 2002 2001 1997
1994 1992 1991 1990 1989 1987 1986 1984 1981 1978 1978 1975 1973 1969 “Time Past Time Present,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London
“Modern Perspectives,” National Gallery, London
“Ben Johnson Paintings,” Alan Cristea Gallery, London
“Ben Johnson’s Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series,” Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Artist in Residence, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
“Still Time,” Blains Fine Art, London
“Jerusalem, The Eternal City,” Chester Beatty Museum, Dublin
“Hong Kong Panorama 1997,” Royal Academy, London; New Convention & Exhibition Centre Hong Kong - unveiled and accepted by Tung Chee Hwa, Chief Executive, Special Administrative Regional Government of Hong Kong, on behalf of the people of China
“Time Present and Time Past are Both Perhaps Present in Time Future and Time Future Contained in Time Past,”
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
“Paintings & Diverse Projects,” Fischer Fine Art, London
“Collaborations: Collaborative Sculpture Projects with Ove Arup & Partners, Arup Associates and Foster Associates,” Arup Associates, London
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
“Painting Beyond Architecture - Independent Observation,” Royal Institute of British, Architects, London
“Great Engineers,” Royal College of Art, London
“Structuring Space,” Fischer Fine Art, London
“A Study in Patronage - Art, Architecture and Design,” Fischer Fine Art, London
South Square Gallery, Bradford
Riverside Studios, London
“Paintings 1975-1978,” Fischer Fine Art, London
Fischer Fine Art, London
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Wickesham Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014-15 2014-15 2014 2013-14 2013 2013 2012-13 2013 2012 2012 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 “Photorealism: The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection,” New Orleans Museum of Art.
“Hyperrealism 1967-2013,” Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain
“The Threadneedle Prize : Figurative Art Today,” Mall Galleries, London
“Photorealism: 50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting,” Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
“Hyperreal – More Than Pop!” Saarland Museum, Germany
“Hyperrealism 1967-2012,” Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
“Photorealism,” Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany
“Hyperrealism Today,” Museu del Tabac, Andorra
“Beyond Reality, British Painting Today” Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Contributed to Norman Foster installation, Venice Biennale, Venice
“Discerning Eye Exhibition,” The Mall Galleries, London
Zürich Art Fair, Zürich, Switzerland
“New to DACS,” Kowalsky Gallery, London
London Art Fair
“Celebrating Palladio,” Plus One Gallery, London
“Set in Stone,” PM Gallery & House, London
Miami Art Fair
Dubai Art Fair
Abu Dhabi Art Fair
Toronto Art Fair
Inaugural Exhibition House of Arts, Garden of Arts, Vught, Netherlands
London Art Fair
Toronto Art Fair
“London Now,” City of Heaven, City of Hell,” Guildhall Art Gallery, London
“The Artist and Radio 4,” Bankside Gallery, London
“Small is Beautiful,” Flowers Central, London
“BlowUp, New Painting and Photoreality,” St Paul’s Gallery, Birmingham
“ARTitecture,” Collins Gallery, Glasgow
“Exactitude,” Plus One Plus Two Galleries, London
2003 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1997 1997 1994-96 1992 1991 1990 1990 “Realism,” Flowers East, London
“Architecture: 3 Ways,” The Robert Phillips Gallery at Riverhouse, Walton-on-Thames
“Small is Beautiful,” Flowers East, London
“Interiors Observed,” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
“Great! Britain,” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
“Zen and the Art of Cities,” curated by the London Arts Café, Rivington Gallery, London.
“Urban Realism,” Blains Fine Art, London
“Looking Forward,” Inaugural exhibition, The Robert Phillips Gallery at Riverhouse, Walton-on-Thames
Travelling Exhibition: “Into the Light,” Royal Photographic Society, Bath; Cadaques, Spain
“Mobiles @ Camberwell,” London
“Mobiles @ RIBA Architecture Gallery,” London
“The Discerning Eye,” Mall Galleries, London
National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
“Oil on Canvas,” Boundary Gallery, London
Virgin Airways, Heathrow Airport, London
Travelling Exhibition: “Contemporary British Architecture,” UK LA 1994 Festival, Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles; 1995 National Academy of Design, New York; 1996 Art Institute of Chicago
“The Art of Folly,” New Academy Gallery, London
Photographic collaboration with Norman Foster, Venice Biennale, Venice
“Aspekte des Europåischen Realismus von 1900-1990,” Cologne
“Art Works : From IBM’s UK Locations,” Glasgow Art School, Glasgow
Works in Public Collections
Corporate Commissions
National Museums, Liverpool
Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam
The British Council, London
The Contemporary Arts Society, London
De Beers/CSO Collection, London
Royal Institute of British Architecture, London
City Art Gallery, Glasgow
Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Deutsche Bank
British Petroleum
Guildhall Art Gallery, Corporation of London
Special Administrative Regional Government of Hong Kong, New
Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Regional Services Council Museum, Hong Kong
Museum of London
The British Museum
The Government Art Collection Elemeta Ltd
IBM UK Ltd.
Department of the Environment
Renault UK Ltd.
Gillette Industries Ltd.
British Gas
J P Morgan
Royal Institute of British Architects
Ove Arup & Partners
Arup Associates
Société de Vins de France
Volvo, Sweden
Troughton McAslan, Architects
British Steel
Stanhope Grays Inn Ltd.
Chelsfield Management Services Ltd.
Cable & Wireless plc.
Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd.
Pearson plc
HSBC Holdings plc
Millennium Commission
Panorama “Jerusalem, The Eternal City” commissioned by The Khalili Family Trust. World Tour commenced Royal Academy, London 2000
Commemorative print commissioned by The British Museum Development Trust to celebrate the opening of The Great Court
European Capital of Culture Commission
“The Liverpool Cityscape” commissioned by National Museums Liverpool for 2008, when Liverpool was European Capital of Culture.
Hwang Seontae, born 1972, South Korea
2004 1997 Studies in Glass Art and Skulptur (Prof. A. Köker and Prof. C. Triebsch), Burg Giebichenstein (Diploma)
College of Fine Arts, Kyunghee University (B.F.A)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 Sunlight, Shine Artists gallery, London
Transparent, Pyo gallery, Seoul
Familiar Unfamiliar, Gallery Lee & Bae, Pusan
Line and Light-The shadow of the essence & The trap of the sense, Dr.Park gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea
The sunny room, white8 gallery, Villach, Austria
Freezed story, Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea
Frozen History, White8 Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Seontae Hwang-solo exhibition Dr.Park Gallery, Yangpyeong, Korea
Things Seeing, Shinsegae Gallery, Kwangju, Korea
Fragile eternity, Gallery66, Eckernförde, Germany
Glass books, white8 Gallery, Villach, Austria
Glass books-Installation, showroom in hause of artists of Schleswig-Holstein, Eckernförde, Germany
Stipendiaten Art, Johann-Friedrich-Danneil-Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
Stuffed words, Weißes Haus- Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 When Every Day Reveals Itself from Out of the Blue, Gallery White Block, Paju
magic ilwoo space, Seoul, Korea
‘Space:Life & Routine’ choi junga gallery, Seoul, Korea
Reminiscencing, gallery form, Pusan
gallery art & summer, Pusan
With the line drawing space, S Plus gallery, Pusan
Dual exhibition-Seontae hwang, junho song, Pyo gallery, Korea
Portraits On the Road to..., white8 gallery, Vienna
Korean Collective, Shine Artists gallery, London
G.P.S. Art Navigator, gallery purple studio, Namyangju, Korea
Real? Real!, gallery H, Ulsan
Love ist 37.5, Ganaart gallery, Seoul, Korea
Reality Equals Dream, ion art gallery, Singapore
Momentary, JangHeung artpark, Yangju
A Magic Moment, Leonhard Ruethmueller gallery, Basel
Life In The Realm of Fantasy, vit gallery, Seoul, Korea
Un Lieu De La Memorie, BJN gallery, Seoul, Korea
Healing Camp, Ganagallery, Seoul, Korea
Wavelength of light, Lina gallery, Seoul, Korea
From Cover to Cover, Park Ryu Sook gallery, Seoul, Korea
Autumn- Lost in Meditation, Lotte gallery, An-Yang, Korea
Artist books, Shinsaegae gallery, Korea
Artistic Period, interalia, Seoul, Korea
Revenge of mimesis, Adamas253 gallery, Korea
Korean Collective Basel 2011, Art Center Halle33, Basel, Swiss
The purpose of life, POMA, Pohang, Korea
Color series-Black and white, gallery cola, Seoul, Korea
a cup of rest-a cup of smile, resort Villa32, GaPyeong, Korea
In Touch With Nature, gallerySP, Seoul, Korea
The aesthetics of something small, Art-User gallery, Seoul, Korea
Art in life, Life in art, Sculpture square, Singapore
Dream Light 7, MBC Chuncheon R.Mutt1917, Chuncheon, Korea
Seoul Design Festival- Designer’s Lab, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Poster!Poster!, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
YOUNG DYNAMIC CONTEMPORARY, white8 gallery, Vienna, Austria
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 My private collection, Ganaart Gallery, Seoul, Korea
experimenting colour and line, white8 gallery, Vienna, Austria
Closing Encounter, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju, Korea
12.Cutting Edge, Seoul Auction, Seoul, Korea
The book meets with the picture, Kuemsan gallery, Paju, Korea
Immunity, Zaha museum, Seoul, Korea
Unfamiliar Time, Familiar Space, Interalia Art Company, Seoul, Korea
Artists, who paints the book, Borim art space, Paju, Korea
Eclaire, Hotel Lotte Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea
CHANGING - International contemporary art, white8 gallery, Villach, Austria
The books, Park Ryu Sook gallery, Seoul, Korea
The still: Logical conversation , gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
Book & painting -Seoul international book fair , Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
outside-inside, white8 gallery, Vienna, Austria
White winter, N Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
Artists, who paints the book, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, Korea
on the way -Meldorfer Culturpreis, Neue Hollenderei, Meldorf, Germany
Kunstausstellung, Kulturtag-Schleswig-Hlstein, gallery 66, Eckernförde, Germany
11th Gwangju Shinsegae Art Competition, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Permanent presentation - International contemporary art - Gallery´s Artists, white8 gallery, Villach, Austria
Things Dancing, Dr. Park gallery, Yang Pyeong, Korea
Drawing-black on white, frühstücksbühne, Eckernförde, Germany
The future as pictorial vision-artprice Sparkasse, Haus der Sparkasse, Karlsruhe, Germany
Water, in Künstlerverein Walkmühle e.V., Wiesbaden, Germany
Young Arts, Schlossgartensalon, Merseburg, Germany Kunstpreis 2005-Bildhauer als Maler und Zeichner, Haus der Sparkasse, Karlsruhe, Germany
Young Forever- Löwenhof-Förderpreis, Löwenhof, Kunstforum Löwenhof e.V., Frankfurt/M, Germany
Glassarts, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Equations, the library of TU, Berlin, Germany
NEUE KUNST IN ALTEN GÄRTEN, Ober- und Untergut von Lenthe, Hannover, Germany
Glasklasse von Burg Giebichenstein, Glass museum Alter Hof Herding, Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
In the forest, an Institut for Elementares Formen der TU Braunschweig , Braunschweig, Germany The other generation- -5 Pictures over the age, Frankesche Stiftungen, Halle, Germany
Identity - place, relations, memory, body, DGB-Haus and Löwen-Palais, Berlin, Germany
Exhibition of foreign students of Burg Giebichenstein, in the ministry for education and cultural of Saxonia-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany
Lee Jeonglok, born 1971, Gwangju, South Korea
2002 M.F.A in Fine Art Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2009 2007 2003 2002 2001 1998 Nabi, Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea
See the Unseen, BMW PHOTO SPACE, Busan, Korea
Journey of Light, Shinsegae Gallery, Busan, Korea
Let There Be The Light, Zendai Contemporary Art Space, Shanghai, China
Palette of Light, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Tree of Life in Island, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Tree of Life in Island, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Tree of Life in Island, Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea
Light & Revelation, Vit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Decoding Scape, The Museum of Photography, Seoul. Korea
Decoding Scape, Dudon Museum of Art, Jeju. Korea
See the Unseen, Soul Art Space, Busan, Korea
Tree of life, Vit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Tree of life, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Jeonglok LEE, Gallery Kong, seoul, Korea
The Mythic scape, Trunk Gallery, Seoul, Korea
The Mythic scape, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Aquarium, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Clarias, Nine Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Clarias, SPAS Gallery, Rochster, New York, USA
The Southern Land, Gallery 2000, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Nature, in process, space cottonseed, Singapore
Ha Jung-woong Young Artists “Light-2014” , Kwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
FULL MOON : A Story of Sky and Earth, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR, ARCO ART CENTER, Seoul, Korea
Festival of Photography in Museum-History, Kwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Meditated Landscape, Woljeon Museum of Art, Icheon, Korea
Breath of Tree, Cheonan Arts Center Museum of Art, Cheonan , Korea
Utopia, Opera gallery, Seoul, Korea
Fact of Fiction, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Mudeung Tales (TODAY ART MUSEUM, Beijing, China)
Gwangju Biennale - Round Table ( Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall, Gwangju)
Secret, the Margin of Error, Arko Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Mythology Today, Pohang Museum of Art, Pohang, korea
Magical Country, Yangpyeong Art Museum, Yangpyeong, korea
Nature, Image, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea
Make Movement, Kumho Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
The 3rd International Contemporary Art: Creation from the Fingertips,
Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Open It to Your Mom, Gallery Now, Seoul, Korea
Nanjing Biennale:AND_WRITERS, Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum, Nanjing, China
On the Cutting Edge: Aspects of Korean Contemporary Photography, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
The moment, 63 Sky Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2010 Media Art Festival: DIGIFESTA, Gwangju Biennale Hall, Gwangju, Korea
Seoul International Photo Festival, Garden 5 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Gwangju & Seoul Creative Studio Resident Artists Exchange Exhibition: No..., Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Serotonin II, SeMA Gyeonghuigung of Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
OZ Thema, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul, Korea
make up photo, Vit Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Getxophoto Festival, Getxo, Spain
Blue Dot ASIA, Seoul Art Center. Seoul, Korea
Utopia, Gallery Illum, Seoul, Korea
New Digital Age, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 Illusion, 2×13 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Art at Home: Wonderful Life, Doosan Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Factory, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Contemporary Korean Art, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
Time of Response, Arario Gallery, Beijing, China
Multiple Art Lovers, Gallery M, Daegu Korea
Shanghai eArt Festival, Xuhui Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Our Land, Our People, Gwangju Folk Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Daegu and Gwangju New Vision, Debec Gallery, Daegu, Korea
The First Decade, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Uijae Art Studio open studio, Uijae Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Media Experiment, Chosun University Museum, Gwangju, Korea
Historical Culture Travel: Island, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Humanity of Angle, Gwangju Museun of Art, Gwangju, Korea
The Image of Korean Modern Life, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul Korea
The Tales of 15 Villages, The former site of Jeollanaamdo Provincial Building, Gwangju, korea
Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2005: ABOUT-FROM-FOR NATURE, Yatoo Nature Art-Museum, Gongju, Korea
Toward Ecotopia, Jeollanamdo Okgwa Art Museum, OKgwa, Korea
Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2004, Geumgang Biennale Special Hall, Gongju, Korea
Korea Young Artists Biennale, Daegu Culture and Art Center, Daegu, Korea
Landscape: 10 photographers, Uijae Museum, Gwangju Korea
It’s the Landscape, Chohung Gallery, Seoul, Korea
View and Gaze, Sinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Amazing Things Happen in Gwangju River” Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
Intersection, SPAS Gallery. Rochester. New York, USA
19 photographers with Calm Land, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka Japan
Digital Art, Gallery r, Rochester. New York, USA
Honor Show, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA
More Than Several, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA
Calm land, Sai Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Honam photo Festival, Familyland Special Exhibition Hall, Gwangju, Korea
6 Photographers with Calm Land, Gallery 2000, Seoul Korea
HIPHO, Indeco Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Commuagate, Sansung Photo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Awards
2006 Grand Prize, Shinsegae Art Awards
Residency
2014
2013
2009
2006
Shanghai Zwndai Zugagak Museum of Art Studio, Chaina
Gasiri Art Studio, Jeju, Korea
Gwangju Museum of Art Studio
Uijae Art Studio
Public Collections
Art Bank, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea
Daelim Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Art Sonje Museum, Gyeongju, Korea
Westin Chosun Hotel, Busan, Korea
Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Jeollanam-do Provincial Office, Muan, Korea
Moto Waganari, born 1967 in Flensburg, Germany
1991 - 2000 1992 - 1999 2000 - 2011 2008 Artistduo “Eisenherz” - sculptures
University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt am Main - Dep. Architecture
Optimat desktop world creation - architecture
Lutz Wagner creates digital sculptures alias Moto Waganari
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014 2012 2011 Real Virtuality Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Real Fiction, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Polygon Works, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2000 1997 Dialog, Villa Friede, Mehlem
New Masters, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Modern Sculpture, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Märchen, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Abwehr, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon
Babylons Schatten III, Pasinger Fabrik, München
Spieltrieb, Aaber ArtSpace, München
Colekt, Frankfurt/M
Omnium Rauminstallation, Expo, Hannover
Eisenherz Skulpturen, Dragonfly Gallery, Taipei
Selected Art Fairs
2015
2014 2013 2012 2011 Art Miami, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Miami
Art Miami New York, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, New York
Scope Basel, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Basel
Art Wynwood, Hollis Taggarts Galleries, Miami
The Armory Show, Hollis Taggarts Galleries, New York
Art Karlsruhe, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Karlsruhe
Art Silicon Valley, Jörg Heitsch Galerie/ Hollis Taggart Galleries, San Francisco
CONTEXT, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Miami
Kunst 14 Zürich, Jörg Heitsch Gallery, Zürich
Art Karlsruhe, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Expo Chicago, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
The Armory Show, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Kunst 13 Zürich, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Zürich
Context Art Miami, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Miami
Art Southampton, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
The Armory Show, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York
Expo Chicago Art Southampton, Hollis Taggart Galleries,
CONTEXT Art Miami, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Florida
Art Karlsruhe, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Karlsruhe
ART FAIR, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Köln
Kunst 12 Zürich, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Zürich
Art Helsinki, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Helsinki
Contempo Munich, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, München
Art Fair 21, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Köln
Kunst 11 Zürich, Jörg Heitsch Galerie, Zürich
Public Spaces
2013 Zukunft des Bauens, DETAIL research, HFF München
CeBIT VIP Lounge, Zeichen & Wunder GmbH für SAP, Hannover
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