Quantum Jump 2017 4 Artists Relay Exhibition:
Lee Sujin – Reeds and pine trees take root on a stone in the Ilex Rotunda Forest and live together.

Gyeonggi-do Art Museum is exhibiting ‘Lee Sujin – Reeds and pine trees take root on a stone in the Ilex Rotunda Forest and live together’ as a part of the 2nd exhibition of Quantum Jump2017 4 Artists Relay Exhibition.

Based on the idea of ‘time’ and ‘narrativity’ that are accumulated in a certain space stuck in the urbanization process, Lee Soo-jin has showcased the transformation of that space into a situation of open possibilities or recontextualization. Especially, Lee focused on the chaos of values visualized during the industrialization stage as well as the values that must be pursued. In this process, Lee often added mysterious stories to this barren urban area and presented the ‘work to aesthetically and psychologically connect common sentiments from areas with different cultures.’ Furthermore, ‘Ilex Rotunda,’ seen in the title of the exhibition, is the name of a reddish and fruity street tree that can be found in the streets of Jeju Island or Fukuoka, Japan, during the winter. This tree is a subject of the artist’s memory, planted at the entrance of the artist’s childhood neighborhood. It symbolizes the artist’s view of small beings that are not critical or symbolic in the flow of the capitalist life of the contemporary period. Such subjects represent the possibilities implied by the rhythm, tension, and remnants dislocated during rapid urbanization of the process of modern society. Lee Sujin showcases these by using stereoscopic factors borrowing from formative languages, occurred during the exploration space and time.