Candy series, 2009-2013

‘Candy’ series derives its motif from the peony folk painting. Peony is known as symbol of wealth and honor. Thus folding screens of peony have been set up in the wedding hall or banquet hall. Small painting of peony was hung on the wall of newly-married couple’s room. In the past they might prayed for prosperous things to this splendid flower painting. Now they seem to be very naive when they depended on not a strong and timeless object like gold or sun, but on the transient flowers, as even though they are very dazzling and beautiful in full bloom, they soon disappear without any trace.


Secular accomplishment, like momentary sweet but shortly melting candy in the end of the tongue, is actually futile. But I hope the wishes to be accomplished to the affirmation about the present that is spread in front of us, not to be the unavailing desire about unpossessed things.

KOO SEONG YOUN

1997 B.F.A., Dept. of Photography, Seoul Institute of the Arts
1994 B.A., Dept. of Indian philosophy, DonggukUniversity,Seoul
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[Solo Exhibitions]
2015 Sugar galleryYEH, seoul
2009 Candy trunk gallery, seoul
2007 Popcorn ssamzigil gallery, seoul
2005 Plant container project space zip, seoul
2004 Sand duckwon gallery, seoul
2001 Glass KEPCO gallery, seoul
2000 Butterfly seonam photo space, seoul


[Selected Group Exhibitions]
2015 Accidental Encounter, Buk seoul Museum of Art
2014 Photo sight, National museum of modern art, Gwacheon
2013 Love actually, Seoul museum, Seoul
2012 Art and cook, Sejong museum of art, Seoul
2011 Hello tomorrow, CAIS gallery, Hongkon
2010 10thphotofestival-after2010, GanaArtcenter, Seoul
2010 The Asia Pacific Contemporary Art fair, shanghai exhibition center, Shanghai
2010 Oh! Masterpieces, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan
2009 Korean Contemporary Photo Now, 798space gallery, Beijing
2009 serotonin, Seoul museum of art, Seoul
2009 Photo korea2009-Shooting image, coex, seoul
2009 Dream factory,Gana art center, busan
2008 Contemporary Korean photographs, National museum of art, Gwacheon
2008 new acquisitions collection reconstructed, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Ansan
2008 The Big and hip Korean Photography Now, gallery Ro, seoul
2008 Reversion, gallery IHN, seoul
2007 Asian young artists. Gallery MOA, heiri
2007 dream space, gallery NOW, seoul
2006 Digital mise en scene, hakgojae , Seoul
2006 Ultra Sence-Seoul International Photo Festival, Seoul
2006 SeMa 2006;Selected Emerging Artist, SeoulMuseumofArt,Seoul
2005 snow blossom, gallery Ssamzigil, Seoul
2005 Domestic drama, project space zip, Seoul
2005 Pop up Image, Heyri Spring Festival, Paju
2004 Flower Flows Flowery, Artinus gallery, Seoul
2004 Red rose & POSCO, Posco ArtMuseum, Seoul
2003 Dong-gang Photo Festival-Korean young 60 photograpers, Yeongwol,Korea
2003 Art and Playing, Seoul Art center HangaramMuseum,Seoul
2003 DeliciousMuseum, Insaartcenter,Seoul
2002 New Face Total Museum, janghung, Korea