INVISIBLE LIGHT: 정정주

gallerychosun is pleased to present <Invisible Light>, a solo exhibition by artist Jeong Jeong-ju, from October 31 to November 22, 2019. 

Jeong’s earlier works often involved constructing architectural models and placing cameras inside them to visualise a sense of vacant gaze or invert the relationship between the subject and object of observation. More recently, he has expanded this exploration through various media, including 3D animation and sculptural works made of stainless steel and plastic, offering new variations on his longstanding interests. In this exhibition, the artist brings together past and present, presenting a synthesis of his evolving artistic practice. 

Titled <Invisible Light>, the paradoxical phrase brings a new layer of meaning to the artist’s practice, which has developed over the past two decades around themes such as space, architecture, memory, light, and the act of observing. 

One part of the exhibition features video works in which cameras are inserted into architectural sites in Gwangju; buildings marked both by the historical memory of the Gwangju Democratization Movement and the artist’s own childhood. Through this process, Jeong creates unfamiliar and disorienting images that challenge conventional ways of seeing. 

On the other side of the exhibition, sculptural installations made from diverse materials construct anonymous imagined spaces. 

This is Jeong’s first solo exhibition at gallerychosun in two years, following <Emerging Landscape> in 2017. <Invisible Light> offers viewers a chance to encounter the artist’s evolving visual language and to reflect on his insights into the conditions of contemporary perception.