Elektrohalle Rhomberg (Salzburg, Austria) is for the first time participating in the art fair Art Cologne. The gallery presents the artist Arang Choi (born in 1992 in Seoul). In this video, co-founder Boris Lesicky talks about the artist and her work.
Arang Choi / Elektrohalle Rhomberg at Art Cologne 2024. Cologne (Germany), November 8, 2024.
Arang Choi: Parallel Panorama, 2023, oil on canvas, 220 x 475 x 100 cm (installation).
Exhibition text (excerpt):
Arang Choi (1992 born in Seoul) finds her inspiration for her forms, colors and surfaces mostly in documentaries about nature, landscape and animals paired with her own observations, which the artist then processes directly into drawings or photographs, thus creating her own fantastic visual world.
At the center of the solo presentation is Arang Choi’s diploma thesis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2023): in the multi part large format installation (220 x 500 cm), which refers to the atmosphere of Renaissance painting, the artist shows a fantasy world she has created, which becomes an almost realistic three dimensional experience for the viewer, also due to the slightly curved shape of the work.
“Parallel Panorama” – the title of the key work – refers to the format of the installation and the possibility of immersing oneself in an infinite number of parallel worlds, realities or mental states.
Arang Choi / Elektrohalle Rhomberg at Art Cologne 2024. Cologne (Germany), November 8, 2024.
Arang Choi: Parallel Panorama, 2023, oil on canvas, 220 x 475 x 100 cm (installation).
Exhibition text (excerpt):
Arang Choi (1992 born in Seoul) finds her inspiration for her forms, colors and surfaces mostly in documentaries about nature, landscape and animals paired with her own observations, which the artist then processes directly into drawings or photographs, thus creating her own fantastic visual world.
At the center of the solo presentation is Arang Choi’s diploma thesis (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2023): in the multi part large format installation (220 x 500 cm), which refers to the atmosphere of Renaissance painting, the artist shows a fantasy world she has created, which becomes an almost realistic three dimensional experience for the viewer, also due to the slightly curved shape of the work.
“Parallel Panorama” – the title of the key work – refers to the format of the installation and the possibility of immersing oneself in an infinite number of parallel worlds, realities or mental states.
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00:00My name is Borislav Schitzke, I am co-founder of the gallery Elektrohalle Raumberg in Salzburg.
00:15We founded it four years ago, in the middle of Corona, and this is our very first Art Cologne.
00:22We are also represented here on the sector Neumarkt
00:26and we are showing a single presentation with this monumental work by the South Korean artist Arang Choi.
00:33She is 32 years old, studied in Vienna and Düsseldorf, but now lives in Vienna again.
00:39This is a dream world that she created, a very surrealistic dream world.
00:45In this, amorphous beings move, which she calls emulb, i.e. flowers spoken backwards.
00:52And this being, always in different shapes, moves in this key work.
00:58And on this work, all her other paintings come to life.
01:04So this was also her diploma work and with this picture you can explain her world quite well.
01:12She is very inspired by nature and the animal world.
01:18Therefore, this emulb, this mouthless being,
01:23that actually only conveys the emotions she tries to convey through the representation of the eyes.
01:30We have decided to show this key piece, this key work of the artist,
01:36because it is of course also a strong statement and should represent it as best as possible.
01:43And what about the gallery?
01:46Exactly, the gallery, the name comes from the original purpose.
01:51It was a huge hall with 900 square meters of exhibition space.
01:55In the past, there were actually cables for the train.
02:00So the name comes from the original purpose of the hall.
02:05And we have a program focused on young painters, mostly.
02:11Exactly, from our generation, most of them live in Austria, but also in Germany.
02:17And this is actually our sixth exhibition this year.
02:21We are also doing an exhibition in Vienna, the Paper Positions, in two weeks already.
02:27Yes, that's a lot, that's a lot.
02:34Salzburg as a gallery location, how is that?
02:39Salzburg is actually a very exciting location.
02:42Of course, due to the presence of Thaddeus Roppert, the Salzburg festival player,
02:47there is a lot going on in the cultural area.
02:51And it is also very interesting from the location, close to Munich, but also in the center of Austria.
02:56Especially the summer is very strong, because the whole cultural thing takes place in Salzburg.