The Distance Between: Conversation with Suki Seokyeong-Kang

Seoul-based artist Suki Seokyeong Kang’s forms have a logic-defying stability. Often leaning into space or placed upon wheels, elements of the fragile and strong, the controlled and spontaneous meet in unanticipated harmony in her artworks that range from sculpture to video to painting. Her most recent exhibition, “Foot and Moon” at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, takes inspiration from the historical Korean mensural system Jeongganbo. While having been the subject of a number of shows in her home country and participated in group exhibitions in Paris and London—the latter being where she received her MA in painting at the Royal College of Art—“Foot and Moon” is Kang’s first solo show abroad. Having just arrived in Hong Kong for the opening, Kang had not yet had the chance to explore the city yet, but kindly walked ArtAsiaPacific through her exhibition, animatedly discussing the multifaceted concepts and processes behind her work.

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