26. 02. 2009 ~ 25. 03. 2009
Independent Reality
Yujung Chang
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Questioning the conventional perception of space and thus vigorously challenging our cognizance, Yujung Chang presents even deeper works in this exhibition. At first glance, she may seem to be questioning the boundary of painting and photography, technique-wise, but through her images full of illusions and optical tricks she raises ontological, epistemological questions about space and objects, as well as questions about authenticity.
1. Photography, created by man¡¯s desire to eternalize a moment slightly longer than an instant, arose out of an attempt to duplicate the image we perceive through our eyes. As the imagery seen by the eyes is transmitted to the brain to be saved in memory, a camera sees its subject through the lens, and employs the medium of chemicals to be relayed onto sensitized paper. Although it may not be the three-dimensional perception of space like the human eyes, a camera will faithfully preserve the two-dimensional image of the subject through the lens. However, between the objective action of pressing the shutter and the resulting photograph there always exists the subjectivity of one taking the photograph. During the short period of time the subject is etched into the film the subject loses its predisposition and is molded according to the will of the photographer until it is finally seen by the third person.
2. In ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder has described the origin of drawing as such: A Corinthian maid whose lover was to be sent off to a war traced the lines and shadow of his face, which she may never see again, ¡®developing¡¯ the method of drawing. This legend is referred to as the origin of painting. The silhouette of a loved one, a twin of the object, this shadow proves that the object is here at this moment, while also signifying the latent existence which might soon disappear. Here the shadow undergoes a process of transformation through lines, gaining independence and signifying the object¡¯s existence even without the object actually being there. The Doppelgänger-like, independent shadow can never be completely separated from its original but it does not necessarily contain all of the original¡¯s properties, and is thus able to stand on its own.
3. At the core of works which Chang claims to have started from ¡°looking at the ¡®natural scenery¡¯ analytically¡± is illusion. To the spaces and circumstances that seem clear and rational in our eyes, Chang interferes, creating illusions. Chang, who likes the kind of scenery that is like two mirrors facing each other: endless expansion of space that seems to infinitely stretch out of walls, says that she was ¡°questioning and transforming the natural scenery¡± in her own way to show significance and structure of existing scenery. The images of disoriented position, direction of gravity, scales, created by the artist, transform the scenes our eyes are accustomed to into connections of irrationality and heterogeneity. The shapes and location of shadows, determined by the object and its location in space in the eyes of science, are independently cast in different directions and despite the subtlety the purposely twisted images allow the possibility of untried imagination. The authenticity of this space, the circumstance this object is in, is transformed into a new authenticity by the artist¡¯s involvement. The space and objects perceived by the artist is done photographically through the process of mise en scene and the printed image gets drawed by the artist. The necessity of ¡®unnecessary actions¡¯ of the artist through these ¡®processes¡¯ can be recognized as her assertive involvement to ¡®twist¡¯ our accustomed perception of our surroundings. Here the original purpose of painting and photography -to reproduce real life- is fused with fantasy and creativity to possess a deeply subjective function, causing the viewer to experience an ¡®alien¡¯ perception. The illusion delivered by Chang¡¯s images present a situation of inevitable confusion wherein a question of authenticity arises, providing the fun of solving a puzzle, ultimately becoming a brain-teaser game to find out the cause of the quirk in our perception.
Yunkyong Kim, Curator of Gallery Skape