Paris, France — ARARIO GALLERY announces its participation in Asia NOW 2025, the leading Paris art fair dedicated to Asian contemporary art. The event takes place at Monnaie de Paris from October 21 to 26, 2025. At Booth S05, the gallery presents works by four prominent Korean artists — KIM Soun-Gui, LEE Jinju, Yohan HÀN, and CHA Hyeonwook — who together reveal the diversity and depth of Korean contemporary art.
Although each artist follows an individual path, they all engage in a dialogue between tradition and experimentation. Through painting, performance, sculpture, and installation, they explore how East Asian aesthetics continue to evolve within the language of global contemporary art.
KIM Soun-Gui, a pioneer of experimental art in Korea, has lived and worked in France since the 1970s. She investigates the relationship between art, technology, and philosophy. Her Foolish Photography series, shot with a pinhole camera, presents raw and unfiltered images of the world. Meanwhile, Lottery Village (1999) transforms discarded lottery fragments into an artistic reflection on chance and modern society.
LEE Jinju blends traditional painting methods with a deeply personal narrative style. Her Black Painting series and new shaped canvases capture subtle emotions of memory, anxiety, and recovery. Through refined brushwork and muted tones, she constructs visual stories that connect personal psychology to collective experience.
Yohan HÀN creates powerful installations that merge sculpture, sound, and performance. His signature use of drums — crafted from animal hide — links spiritual ritual to physical movement. By transforming this ancient material into contemporary form, he generates a visual rhythm that expresses both presence and absence.
CHA Hyeonwook interprets emotion through brushstroke and rhythm. Using hanji (traditional Korean paper) and layered pigment, he builds flowing surfaces filled with energy and calmness. His work balances Eastern philosophy with a modern abstract sensibility, showing how material and feeling interact in time.
Together, these four artists present a dynamic vision of Korean art today. While their practices differ in media and concept, their works share a commitment to transformation, dialogue, and continuity. Through Asia NOW 2025, ARARIO GALLERY highlights the coexistence of history and innovation, offering a compelling view of Korea’s artistic landscape to an international audience.
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