Hyungmin MOON's Solo Exhibition_curated by Myung-ji Bae
As can be seen thus far, Hyungmin MOON is very interested in collecting, gathering, transforming, and composing images to create something. Moon is very talented in collage aesthetics, which recomposes images through transformation and editing, and applies to creation of new artworks by adding or drawing. By 'hollowing' visual images of a city, everyday symbols, and products, Moon recomposes them anew. In Unknown city, Unknown stories and Lost in supermarket, Moon tells stories about our times, in which similar symbols are produced all around the world. Although differences in languages seem impossible for us to comprehend like insurmountable walls, under the surface are similar symbols, scenery, and spectacles wherever we go throughout the world. Based on minimalism, Moon simplifies the order of symbols such as buildings, people, advertisements, the sky, automobiles, display racks, and incidents which exist everywhere in his own way and recomposes images. Of course, he poses a question 'that has no answer' about what is the dominant logic behind such images and how the viewers would think of them. It is up to individual viewers to make decisions.
