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bongchull shin

CUBES AND STRIPES

In my series cubes and stripes my desire is to unify glass and light. Depending on the way the light falls and the position of the observer, the shapes and colours of reflections change and intertwine with the textures of the wall behind. catalogue text I making-of video

Triangle, 80cm diameter, Glass & Wood & Motor, 2024.

Hommage an Mondrian, 100x75cm, Glss & Wood, 2024

 

Summer-flowers, 2019, 118 × 365 ×10 cm, glass, laminated

Winterliche Mondlandschaft (Winter Moon Landscape), 2017, 115 × 130 × 10 cm, glass, laminated

Dichroic Accent, 51x76cm, Glass, 2022

Dichroic 1216, 2016, 110 × 110 × 10 cm (panel size), dichroic glass, laminated

Blauschwarzfuchs, 2017, 132 × 109 × 10 cm, glass, laminated

G1915, 2015, 198 × 53 × 10 cm, glass, laminated

O0916, 2016, 96 × 400 × 10 cm, glass, laminated

Flow, 2017, 76 × 105 × 10 cm (panel size), glass, laminated

O0315, 2015, 34 × 130 × 10 cm, glass, laminated

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BROKEN GLASS

The driving force behind my series broken glass is my interest in language. I write statements and quotations out of glass sherds, creating conflict between form and meaning. Through this conflict, the language gains new meaning and grows. catalogue text I making-of video

The Thing is pt.2 100x150cm, Glass & Wood, 2022

The things we did last summer, 80x60cmcm, Glass, 2023.

Vater, 75 x 30cm, Wood & Glass, 2023

To love and be loved, 2013, 160 × 130 × 7 cm (panel size), broken glass

3 Formen, 2019, 110 x 30 x 7 cm, broken glass (Photo by Christoph Knoch)

When we were young, 2019, 90x90cm, broken glass

Yes, 2014, 60 × 170 cm, broken glass

Yes, 2014, 60 × 170 cm, broken glass

Ich habe die Liebe vergessen (I forgot the love), 2016, 120 × 90 × 7 cm (panel size), broken glass

Protect me from what I want(quote: Jenny Holzer), 2015, 147 × 110 × 7 cm(panel size), broken glass

Love Faith Hope, 2010, 150 × 150 × 7 cm (panel size), broken glass

Vergiss die Liebe (forget love), 2014, 160 × 90 × 7 cm (panel size), broken glass

Vater (Father), 2013, 125 × 25 × 7 cm, broken glass

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VOID IN SOLID

Empty space is the source of my inspiration for the series void in solid. I explore the border between emptiness and saturation. Forms twisting their way through hollowed glass layers confuse the observer. Shapes within the sculptures appear solid but on further reflection the observer realizes the shapes are simply empty space. catalogue text I making-of video

Hexagon, 2016, 12 × 12 × 40 cm, glass, laminated

Geometry, 2016, 12 × 12 × 40 cm, glass, laminated

House Pagoda, 2016, 8 × 10 × 20.5 cm, glass, laminated

Rice Pagoda, 2016, 10 × 10 × 30 cm, glass, laminated

Rice Pagoda, 2016, 10 × 10 × 30 cm, glass, laminated

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Exhibitions

current/upcoming

The Weight of the Shadow
Whitebox Art Centre, Beijing, China

24.01.2018 - 31.12.2019

Prism Fantasy
Paradise Art Space, Incheon, Korea

19.04.2019 – 18.08.2019

Towards the Sublime
Galerie Tanit, Beirut, Lebanon

25.06.2019 - 09.08.2019

past

Diploma Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany, 2017 (click on picture to start 360° tour)

Broken Glass Installation, St. Paul Church, Munich, Germany, 2013

Solo Exhibition, The Echo of Light, Kunstraum Seven Elohim, Munich, Germany, 2015

Duo Exhibition, Transformation, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany, 2019

Upper Bavarian Prize for Applied Art, Schafhof, Freising, Germany, 2013

Group Exhibition, Bender Schwinn Project 2, Galerie Bender, Munich, Germany, 2017

Solo Exhibition, The Weight of the Shadow, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany, 2018

Downloads

Abstract

20180924_abstract_en.pdf

Catalogue Texts

20180924_catalogue_texts_en.pdf

CV

CV Bongchull Shin 01. July. 2024 EN, DE

Press Kit CMYK

20190419_press_kit_cmyk.zip

Press Kit RGB

20190419_press_kit_rgb.zip

bongchull shin

Glass, while pivotal in my work, is merely the vessel through which my art is created. By reflecting and refracting light, my glass shapes generate something new and unique. The resulting patterns never stay the same. They emerge by coincidence and they are constantly changing depending on where the light falls and where the observer stands.

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