The poster of the exhibition, Courtesy of Gallery NOON
Jaemin Jang’s solo exhibition Sounding will be held at Gallery NOON in Yongsan District, Seoul, from August 20 to September 20.
Jang does not reproduce nature from a single fixed viewpoint. He combines trees, water and traces of time observed from different positions, altering the familiar spatial structure of a landscape.
The artist has continued to examine viewpoint and direction since relocating to Jeju Island. Scenes viewed from above are combined with perspectives looking upward, while memories of different locations occupy the same canvas.
In his 2025 solo exhibition Bottoms Up, Jang rotated and inverted his canvases while painting. He layered brushstrokes and colors from several directions without establishing a fixed top or bottom.
The process weakened distinctions between sky and ground, foreground and background. Marks produced from opposing directions were subsequently connected within a single composition.
Sounding begins with the changes that followed those experiments. The exhibition focuses on the memories, sensations and traces that remain on a surface after its conventional orientation has been disrupted.
The term “sounding” refers to the process of measuring water depth or examining an unseen bottom by lowering an instrument beneath the surface. It involves estimating what cannot be directly observed through contact and response.
Gallery NOON said Jang’s paintings similarly avoid offering a complete explanation of their subjects or organizing them around one viewpoint. The artist layers landscapes seen from different directions with memories from separate periods and physical sensations retained in the body.
Viewers encounter landscapes that cannot be assigned to a single location as they follow the directions of the brushwork and color across each canvas.
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Solo Exhibition at Gallery NOON Runs From August 20 to September 20The poster of the exhibition, Courtesy of Gallery NOON
Jaemin Jang’s solo exhibition Sounding will be held at Gallery NOON in Yongsan District, Seoul, from August 20 to September 20.
Jang does not reproduce nature from a single fixed viewpoint. He combines trees, water and traces of time observed from different positions, altering the familiar spatial structure of a landscape.
The artist has continued to examine viewpoint and direction since relocating to Jeju Island. Scenes viewed from above are combined with perspectives looking upward, while memories of different locations occupy the same canvas.
In his 2025 solo exhibition Bottoms Up, Jang rotated and inverted his canvases while painting. He layered brushstrokes and colors from several directions without establishing a fixed top or bottom.
The process weakened distinctions between sky and ground, foreground and background. Marks produced from opposing directions were subsequently connected within a single composition.
Sounding begins with the changes that followed those experiments. The exhibition focuses on the memories, sensations and traces that remain on a surface after its conventional orientation has been disrupted.
The term “sounding” refers to the process of measuring water depth or examining an unseen bottom by lowering an instrument beneath the surface. It involves estimating what cannot be directly observed through contact and response.
Gallery NOON said Jang’s paintings similarly avoid offering a complete explanation of their subjects or organizing them around one viewpoint. The artist layers landscapes seen from different directions with memories from separate periods and physical sensations retained in the body.
Viewers encounter landscapes that cannot be assigned to a single location as they follow the directions of the brushwork and color across each canvas.
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