Tasty Shield

Universally localised frame (2022) 
Chair frame, leather, synthetic leather, wax-coated yarn, mesh, leather cord, upholstery foam
71 x 42 x 36 cm


jacket to shelves 270 (2021)
domestic textile, mesh, button, shower corner shelves, tarpaulin, yarn
375.5 x 25 x 82 cm



±15 Cloth/Shelving Unit (2020) 
Chair frame, beeswax, wooden beads, various textiles, woven rattan, latex, silicone, rope, eyelets
990 x 520 x 1220 mm

Worlden Hills (2021)
Leather, eyelets, hats, shirts, vest, trousers
94x161 cm




Behaviour Strap, (2021) 
Tie-dyed leather, watch straps,
zipper, PVC
3.8 x 343 cm




 Greasy scarf, (2021) 
Beeswax, various textile pieces,
leather cord, knitted fabric,
upholstery foam, chain
47 x 70 cm


 


Photographs: INDUSTRA ART


A vulnerable being always desires to have armour. Tasty Shield invite soft and cartilage bones which have searched for the shell. ‘Surface is ultimately the first level we encounter something. We forget how problematic the surface (shell) is and keep talking about the seamles inward. Tasty Shield would discover the critical role of divers interpretations that contemporary artists replace the surface of artwor with an extension of their skin metaphorically and aesthetically. The exhibition imagines a landscape beneath.

Dealing with contemporary art is no longer sacred or spiritual, but mor realistic and combative. Hence, every artist is necessary to build their ow shield. Depending on the artist's features, the shield could be defensiv or aggressive, simple or decorative, heavy or light. Flora Lechner, Gijeong Goo, Hansol Kim and Siyoung Yang respond by representing their artistic shields.


Hansol Kim explores the form of clothes by capturing the systemi circulation of contemporary trends through practices of deconstructin and reconstructing clothing as his sculptural grammar. Universally localised frame (2022) shows his artistic concept that how garment transcend protective quality for the human body. He utilises an existin folding fishing chair frame and armourises the natural curves of th body in the form of patterns on clothing. It leads to the garment being an independent creature which adopts such hybridity of the organic and artificial, realism and myth. jacket to shelves 270 (2021) shows th artist’s experiment with the possibility of garment as the unit to measure the space. He hypothesises that wearing outer is a minimal way to buil shelter, which is fluid, protective, sometimes decorative. On this basis, a shelter gets affected by its surroundings, and it metaphorically construct membranes in ways that switch or respond to the environment. 

The exhibition is the site for the multi-sensory that eludes verbal an logical explanation. It reveals the strategies of each artist to make uniqu shields which may be dull and inarticulate, but contain their taste and desire.

Text: Jieon Lee