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작성일 : 21-07-17 15:02
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'Transcendence' : Jaedon Shin & David Freney-Mills Exhibition - Gallery Elysium 10 July - 1 Aug. 2021
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Transcendence: Jaedon Shin/David Freney-Mills – Gallery Elysium 2021
This exhibition at gallery Elysium explores the notion of transcendence; both in a spiritual and general sense of going beyond and overcoming obstacles. The two artists Jaedon Shin and David Freney-Mills both live in Hawthorn and were in contact during the lockdowns of 2020 to discuss the challenges the lockdowns posed for their creativity and output. It was during this dialogue that the title and concept for this exhibition was born.
In Shin’s case Opera music nurtured both he and his wife in their home during the lockdown of 2020 and carried their spirits though this uncertain period. This musical influence filtered through into the artwork Shin was producing at the time. For example, in his major piece The Other we see a figure rising into space within which are coloured dots that are evocative of musical notes. The abstract nature of sound mixed with the narrative of human stories of love and conflict contained in Opera music allowed Shin an imaginative space to transcend worldly cares and a challenging situation. As a result of the lockdown Shin could turn his attention further inward, and in that process expand his vision to create a synthesis of figurative and abstract elements to communicate his experience of transcendence.
Through 2020 Freney-Mills produced work inspired by his time on an artist residency program in Haenam, South Korea in 2019. Recalling the vividly green forest near the residency through which he strolled each morning and the sites of cultural significance he visited, he began a series of works when back in Melbourne featuring a green palette.
This colour evoked for the artist a sense of renewal and growth, which in turn led to the creation of Porous Amorphous no.52 featuring pink, a colour of optimism and hope. Freney-Mills also took refuge in poetry during the lockdown and his work reflects the process of realisation after hearing or reading words that inspire us, which may be repeated like mantras to create energy and transcend limitations.
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