With abandoned materials, Sook Jin Jo finds life beyond death
Key takeaways
Quick summary- 1Entering Sook Jin Jo's exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art's Nam-Seoul branch, visitors encounter reclaimed railroad ties, weathered rafters and discarded timber.
- 2But the longer one lingers, the more the abandoned materials seem to pulse with
- 3At first, the atmosphere feels solemn.
Entering Sook Jin Jo's exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art's Nam-Seoul branch, visitors encounter reclaimed railroad ties, weathered rafters and discarded timber. At first, the atmosphere feels solemn. But the longer one lingers, the more the abandoned materials seem to pulse with unexpected vitality. Despite using materials that evoke decay and mortality, the exhibition is not about death. It is about how life emerges from what has been left behind. "I don't treat death as something dark," Jo sai
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