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Last week, rising South Korean artist Surin Kim opened her first solo exhibition titled, "POWER OBJ." Taking over Seoul's REALATION SPACE, the digital-based artist shared her latest creations in varied media forms.Surin Kim's practice aims to give life to beautiful sculptures that do not exist in the world. Kim notes, "My sculptures dance in a way that they want to be recognized for their unique grammar. But I can save their data and implement them online and reproduce them. I play with contradictions, also capture the desperate gestures of sculptures seeking beauty."Kim's "POWER OBJ" exhibition notably features more than 20 sculptures in her signature dynamic forms created using 3D printing and UV printing technology. Inspired by the Seokgatap and Dabotap stone pagoda structures found thr...

Unveiling at NANZUKA next weekend is Julia Chiang’s new solo exhibition, “Remember That Time When What.” The exhibition will mark the Brooklyn-based painter’s third showcase at the gallery, and the first time in four years since “Pump and Bump.”A series of 15 new paintings, alongside a selection of watercolor pieces will be displayed at the gallery, all in Chiang’s hallmarked abstract aesthetics. The new body of paintings is described as “a world in which drops, splashes, and petal-like clusters and organic colors harmonize comfortably.“ Open for interpretation, the pieces can be viewed as maps that denote the flow of energy, or even as intriguing patterns of living organisms.The openness and unpredictability of Chiang’s works carry a level of uncertainty, which the artist clarifies as an ...

Angelina Jolie recently announced a new venture that would allow consumers to become designers, as they collaborate with a range of tailors and artisans from around the world. Dubbed Atelier Jolie, the platform seeks to democratize fashion by creating a more inclusive environment that would breathe new life in vintage and deadstock materials. Where will this atelier be based? None other than the old studio space once owned by legendary artist Andy Warhol and occupied by his contemporary, Jean-Michel Basquiat. According to a report by ARTnews, the actress and humanitarian recently closed in on a deal to purchase the 19th century building the two lived and worked in the 1980s, which she will rent out for up to eight years. Directors John Roesch and Garrett Kelly of Meridian Capital Group, wh...