Exploring the Asian Art Market: Highlights from Frieze Seoul 2024
Discover exciting new talents from Asia-based galleries featured in Focus Asia, the section of Frieze Seoul. Stone Island, the official partner, has contributed 30% of each exhibitor’s stand fee. Joselina Cruz, an adviser for the section, gave us a tour.
Taiki Sakpisit’s “Dark Was the Night” installation explores connections—familial, physical, spiritual, and psychological—through a video installation centered around sound.
Lu Yang challenges conceptions of technology in human biology with “DOKU-The Flow”, using cutting-edge digital technology.
Suyeon Hwang’s “Black Effector” showcases intense labor with strange forms made of layered materials that mirror contemporary society’s material excess.
Park Kyung Ryul’s immersive “sculptural paintings” combine organic and inorganic objects to create reflective multi-dimensional spaces.
Cho Hyori integrates digital media into her work in “Forward”, exploring identity, memory, and the intersection of past and present.
Supawich Weesapen’s “The unknown ray, be remembered” features glowing canvases inspired by contemporary sublime and science fiction.
Kingsley Gunatillake explores Sri Lanka’s civil war history in “War Text” using books as witnesses to human atrocities and tools for remembrance.
Jonghwan Lee experiments with painting materials in “Narcissus IX”, creating immersive worlds with watercolors on scarred wood panels.
Sojung Jun’s “Syncope” is a high-resolution moving image project that can be accessed through an app, integrating sound as a motif to measure speed and engagement in the world.
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Cillian O’Rourke, studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, where he majored in Visual Communication. His work spans graphic design, illustration, and branding, with a distinct minimalist style that emphasizes simplicity and impact. Cillian has collaborated with international brands and runs his own design studio focusing on creative solutions for startups.