Once you’ve seen the work of Korean Artist Bahk Seon Ghi, you won’t forget it. Initially I discovered his work at the Palm Springs Fine Art Fair in February of this year. One of his sculptures was hanging in the entry of the fair, however I wasn’t able to find the artist placard. The minute I saw his work at the PDC in West Hollywood last month, I connected the dots and knew in an instant that it was the same artist.
There’s so much to love about his work. It’s as if birds have taken flight and created a silhouette that we can recognize instantly. In reality, they’re small pieces of charcoal threaded together with nylon, hanging from a translucent disc. As you move around the sculpture, you’ll notice how the lighting creates stunning shadows that are equally as interesting. It’s so difficult to know where the actual sculpture ends, and the shadows begin. It makes me think of those crazy fight sequences in the Matrix, where we’re able to observe the actor from several points of view. Of course inquiring minds want to know how these remarkable pieces are packed and transported, not to mention how they’re constructed. The gallery hostess told me to simply enjoy the works as they are, when I asked her those questions.
Bahk makes open-form representations of architectural objects and elements of the natural world. The series above is titled: An Aggregation, where his charcoal and nylon objects take the form of a liquid drop, picture or window frames, and a vortex among other nebulous and beguiling forms. These works are on view at the CMAY Gallery, 8687 Melrose Avenue, Space B226, West Hollywood, Ca. 90069. The exhibition closes May 22, 2015.