Cho Duck Hyun, Dark Water: the Antipodes Project
23 April - 14 May 2009
Starkwhite is pleased to present Dark
Water: the Antipodes Project by Cho Duck Hyun from 23 April to
14 May 2009.
In the Dark Water
project, a container is fictitiously transported
through the Earth, hoisted up from the ground or water and opened
to reveal its treasure of the artist's photo-realistic portraits
and other images on canvas. It is a Wunderkammer, revealing and
reflecting on the history of individuals as well as general
patterns of migration.
Cho Duck Hyun's project started in 1994
when the original container was unearthed at the São Paulo
Biennial after seemingly having travelled from Seoul. Now appearing
in Auckland, it has traversed the southern hemisphere, and will
later continue its journey to another antipode, Liverpool, UK.
After being retrieved from Auckland Harbour on 19 April the
container and portraits will be on display at Princess Wharf on
21/22 April from12.00 - 6.00pm, before moving to Starkwhite's
Project Space.
Dark Water: the Antipodes
Project is one of a series of events and projects
presented in Living Room 09: My heart is where my home is.
Curated by Pontus Kyander, the event runs in Auckland city from 19
- 26 April 2009.
The artist and organisers of this
project wish to acknowledge the support of: Auckland
City Council, British Council and Creative Cities, Scenic Circle
Airedale Hotel, Asia: NZ Foundation, Reslau, Ports of Auckland
Limited, and Containertech.
As well as being one of Korea's most
celebrated artists, where he is represented by Kukje Gallery, Cho
Duck Hyun is a Professor at the College of Arts, Ewha Womans
University, Korea and Guest Professor at Tohoku University of Art
and Design, Japan. He has an extensive record of solo exhibitions
including re-collection, Kukje Gallery, Seoul (2008);
ONTMOETING, Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem (2003); Dog of
Ashkelon - Journey to Alien God, National Gallery of Jeu de
Paume, Paris (2002); History Lesson, Royal Hibernian
Academy Gallagher Gallery, Dublin (2000); and Dialogue,
Ewha Museum, Seoul (1999). He has also been represented in many
group exhibitions including: Incarnation, Hammond Museum,
NY (2007); The Elegance of Silence, Mori Museum, Tokyo,
(2005); The 4th Gwangju Biennial - Project 3, Gwangju
(2003); The Time of Our Lives, New Museum, NY (1999); The
2nd Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg (1997); The
4th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (1995) and the
22nd Sao Paul Biennial, Sao Paulo (1994).
Located in New Zealand on Auckland's
Karangahape Road, Starkwhite presents a programme of artists'
projects, solo shows, independently curated exhibitions and
occasional forays into new music and other interdisciplinary
practices. Starkwhite also represents artists from New Zealand,
Australia and the Pacific rim.
Please contact the gallery for further
information and images.
Starkwhite
510 Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Tel. +64 9 3070703
Monday to Friday: 11.00am to 6.00pm
Saturday: 11.00am to 5.00pm
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