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Quilting Bee(No.1)
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Quilting Bee(No.1)
Ean Choi, Doyub Lee, Yongkuk Ko, Hyeyeon Kim, Jinkyoung Jun, Shinyoung Kim
June 27–July 26, 2025

Komplex presents the first edition of its ongoing program≪QUILTING BEE≫, on view from June 27 to July 26. The program title QUILTING BEE is drawn from the social movement of the same name that emerged in the nineteenth century in regions such as the United States and Canada. Taking inspiration from the communal nature of this movement, the exhibition functions as a site in which multiple artists—each with distinct backgrounds, methods, and orientations—gather within a single space to weave toward the shared objective of an exhibition.

The participating artists in this inaugural edition are Yongkuk Ko, Shinyoung Kim, Hyeyeon Kim, Doyub Lee, Jinkyoung Jun, and Ean Choi. Having neither prior familiarity with one another’s practices nor personal relationships, the six artists appear to loosely share certain interests, perspectives, and attitudes, only to soon turn away from one another and proceed toward their respective aims at differing speeds and by differing means. The exhibition captures these intersections and divergences with particular acuity, forming an unforeseen and newly composed “whole.”

콤플렉스는 6월 27일부터 7월 26일까지 갤러리의 정기 프로그램 ≪QUILTING BEE≫ 첫 번째 회차를 선보인다. 프로그램의 이름 ‘QUILTING BEE’는 19세기 무렵 미국, 캐나다 등지에서 발생한 동명의 사회 운동에서 가져온 것으로, 전시는 이 운동의 공동체성에 착안해 서로 다른 배경과 방법, 지향점을 가진 다수의 작가가 하나의 공간에서 전시라는 공동의 목표를 직조해 나가는 장으로 기능한다. 첫 번째 회차에 참여하는 작가는 고용국, 김신영, 김혜연, 이도엽, 전진경, 최이안으로, 서로의 작업에 대한 사전 이해나 사적 관계를 가진 적 없는 이들 여섯 명의 작가는 일정 취미와 관점, 태도를 느슨히 공유하는 듯하다 이내 서로 다른 속도와 방법으로 각자의 목표를 향해 등을 돌려 나아간다. 전시는 이 같은 교차와 굴절을 효과적으로 담아낸, 예측한 적 없는 새로운 한 장의 ‘전체’이다.

Selected works

Yongkuk Ko, 꽃2, 2025, found doll, underwear, string, wire, found objects, pigment, twine, variable size
Yongkuk Ko, 꽃2, 2025, found doll, underwear, string, wire, found objects, pigment, twine, variable size
Yongkuk Ko, 깰 필요 없어, 2023, wood, varnish, acrylic paint, acrylic glass, found objects, photograph, pen, 24x33cm
Yongkuk Ko, 깰 필요 없어, 2023, wood, varnish, acrylic paint, acrylic glass, found objects, photograph, pen, 24x33cm
Doyub Lee, Shower thought, 2025, acrylic, conté, and varnish on cotton, 30x10cm
Doyub Lee, Shower thought, 2025, acrylic, conté, and varnish on cotton, 30x10cm
Doyub Lee, Shower thought, 2025, oil on jersey, 20x30cm
Doyub Lee, Shower thought, 2025, oil on jersey, 20x30cm
Shinyoung Kim, (@), 2025, wood, 23x15x3.5cm
Shinyoung Kim, (@), 2025, wood, 23x15x3.5cm
Doyub Lee, Rug/Book/Head, 2023, velvet, Jesmonite, resin, adhesive, and wall, 25.5x19x9cm
Doyub Lee, Rug/Book/Head, 2023, velvet, Jesmonite, resin, adhesive, and wall, 25.5x19x9cm
Jinkyoung Jun, 천막105(in Indonesia), 2025, watercolor on paper, 40x30cm
Jinkyoung Jun, 천막105(in Indonesia), 2025, watercolor on paper, 40x30cm
Jinkyoung Jun, 안심하는 마음, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 130x97cm
Jinkyoung Jun, 안심하는 마음, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 130x97cm
Hyeyeon Kim, The Setting Sun and Everything That Isn's the Setting Sun, 2020, single-channel video, color, sound (stereo), 11minute
Hyeyeon Kim, The Setting Sun and Everything That Isn's the Setting Sun, 2020, single-channel video, color, sound (stereo), 11minute
Ean Choi, Pocket, 2025, oil on canvas, 116.8x80.3cm
Ean Choi, Pocket, 2025, oil on canvas, 116.8x80.3cm
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