Dohing Art presents the very first exhibition of the 2025 from January 14 to February 15, 2025.
A city is a collection of large and small squares made up of numerous lines and sides. We live by filling in each square in it. Yi Seula (1990~) observed various squares while walking through the city on a night when coffee kept her awake. All squares have the same shape, but they have different stories. Just as there are unique traces of life beyond the windows of the building. A square is surrounded by a bigger square. The squares are separated yet connected with one another.
In Yi Seula’s solo exhibition, the artist shows her experience of observing squares and filling in her own squares. The squares in the city during the day are busy with people, and at night, the squares are filled with light. Night when you mistake the light shining over the window is starlight. The city lights swaying in orange sometimes comfort us and give the feeling that we are not alone. Living in our own square, we feel lonely, but we are comforted by the fact that many other squares are next to us. The artist found a way to endure loneliness in a sleepless night. The city light has become a symbol of human connection and it relieves our solitude.
On a blue night, in a flat and still time, we are given time to think about our own squares. When the curtain of the night clears over time, we start our busy day to fill the square again. Life in the city is repeated between lines and faces, light and darkness, connection and separation. The artist explores the meaning of squares in the city through the exhibition, and visually expresses the space and time in which we live. We live in each square in a unique way, but in the end, the pieces of life contained in large and small squares are connected to each other. This exhibition re-examines the moments of daily life, relationships, and feelings of solitude and comfort experienced in the city.
In a city full of squares, how do you fill in your own? Through the exhibition, we encourage each viewer to look back on their squares and discover new perspectives on the lives and spaces we live in.