{"title":"Seung Yul Oh","description":"\u003cp\u003eb.1981\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEducation: 2004 M.F.A Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2003 B.F.A Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolo Exhibitions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 Touch, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul. Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 Vary very, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul. Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorizontal Loop, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Soom: variation II, Xinchang Culture Centre, Shanghai, China\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2016 Slit Scan, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2015 HaaPoom, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeft, Right, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2014 SOOM, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ememmem, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMOAMOA, a Decade, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 2013 MOAMOA, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuggong, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSEESAW, ONE AND J. GALLERY, Seoul, Korea 2012 Huggong, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2011 Bok, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSolo Group Show, ggooll, Seoul, Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2010 Bogle Bogle, The New Dowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2009 Pokpo, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2008 Oddooki, Sculpture Court, Te Papa the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaradaradarada, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2007 Ssendong, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2006 Chew Chew Tongue, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the Way Down Back Inside the Bones of Your Spine, Peter's Garage, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2004 Sniffing Onioned Armpit, Special Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2003 Seung, Deepfried at Peter's Garage, Peter's Garage, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ability to Blow Themselves up, Spiral Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublic Commissions:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2018 Form in Formation, Nelson Sculpture Trust, Richmond Library, Nelson, New Zealand 2017 Upon a Pond and Drop a Loop, Albany Swimming Pool, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConduct Cumulus, SCAPE Public Art, Arts Centre,Christchurch, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEcho of the loop, Doha Jigu, Commissioned by Incheon City Council, Korea 2015 Ondo, Albert-Eden Local Board, Dominion Road, Aukland, New Zealand 2014 Soom, Sculpture Court, Auckland Art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoGammSannHammSabb, Amore Pacific Korea, Jeju Island, Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2012 Beat connection \/ Pumanawa O Te Whenua, Commissioned by Mesh sculpture Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2010 Knocknock, Commissioned by New Market Sculpture Trust, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and Grants:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2005 The Waikato National Art Award, Hamilton 2007, New Zealand 2003 Goldwater Art Award, Waiheke Island, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollections:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand James Wallace Art Trust, Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTe papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New Dowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmorepacific Museum of Art Project, Jeju, Korea\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"monologue-1","title":"Monologue","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMonologue\u003c\/em\u003e, 2010 \/ 2021,\u003cbr\u003eWood, fabric, fibreglass, resin, epoxy paint,\u003cbr\u003e1000mm (height) x 1450 x 1550mm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a multimedia artist working across painting, sculpture and performance art, Seung Yul Oh’s practice is embedded with elements of whimsy and playfulness. Born in Korea, Seung moved to New Zealand to study at the University of Auckland's Elam School of Fine Arts, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts. He is now permanently based in New Zealand and continues to show internationally, his artworks blending East Asian popular culture with ironic references to high Western art history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Oh’s art-making has revolved around the element of surprise. His iconic OnDo - a fantastic larger-than-life sculpture of noodles and chopsticks in the Asian foodie hub of Auckland’s Dominion Road - offers a humorous experiment with scale and there is also a play with the force of gravity as it’s deliberately difficult to discern whether the mountain of noodles is launching the chopsticks skyward or the other way around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also a gentle trickery present in Oh’s practice as he seeks to challenge the viewer’s expectations; he employs humorous trials with the way an object fits or sits in a space or, better still, the way a viewer interacts with the artwork causes the viewer to think twice: can I fit in here? This is the case in Periphery, a forest of towering yellow and white inflatable tubes that audience members were forced to push their way through, their sometimes humorous, sometimes awkward experiences therefore becoming part of the artwork. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a slightly more mysterious nature, Oh’s Monologue is no less cheeky and performative. Describing the arrival of a solo speech, the title of the artwork gives further rise to the anticipation of entertainment. Faced with a slick, monochromatic object with an automotive paint finish,  the viewer is encouraged to move around it and invited to wonder if they have discovered a performance stage or a cover-up. Intriguingly, the hard lines of a cubed box meet the soft folds of falling fabric, hinting at a surreal and shifting quality. This trickiness gives the object its power: Is it soft or solid? Is it multi-layered or all-in-one? Is it concealing something, or will all be revealed for those who wait? Has the performance been and gone or is the magic about to begin? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonochrome encourages the act of sustained viewing and wonder, and certainly the more one gazes upon it, the more mysterious it becomes. Perhaps the answers will never arrive and perhaps this ‘not knowing’ is the goal. As Oh has suggested, “the viewer is given the opportunity to test their perception and imagine the possibilities, but they may also be challenged to accept that there is no resolution - it simply is what it is!”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brick Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52242077581611,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/2822\/0459\/files\/monologue-2723.webp?v=1771281597"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.brickbay.co.nz\/collections\/seung-yul-oh.oembed","provider":"Brick Bay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}