Barakat Contemporary is pleased to present the artist Yunchul Kim in its most recent exhibition,
GLARE
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unning from 19th September to 17t
h November 2019. Yunchul Kim majored in electronic music in Korea and media art in Germany. Throughout his research on material substance, the artist has been examining the potential disposition of materials since his studies in Germany. For a long time, Yunchul Kim’s work has used research on various materials to show the possibility of the imagination in creating another reality beyond the human experience. 

The exhibition GLARE
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meaning radiant, materializes the World of Materials that can be indicated by physical signs in the prelinguistic stage. The exhibition GLARE
enables you to experience a journey of flowing lights and the dynamic world of fluctuating materials. In addition, the audience will face the moment that hidden and still property of matter is manifested by its depth. This exhibition will be featuring Croma and Coptic Light, two new works created with woven patterns of colorful light. Croma is a large installation work consisting of curved surfaces and a kinetic structure surrounding by hundred cells. Each surface is filled with hydrogel material, and as the surrounding kinetic structure moves, different colors of light can be seen emerging with subtle changes in the material’s shape. Coptic Light is a work of drawing that draws on the orchestral piece of the same name by the American composer Morton Feldman. Inspired by the Copts’ process of weaving beautiful carpets, Feldman composed an orchestral work in which color was metaphorically represented through musical time. The new work Coptic Light similarly positions materials in layers to achieve a material representation of different structural colors produced through the forces operating on the individual materials. A number of other works never before shown in Korea will also be on display, including the pieces Impulse and Argos commissioned by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).