That Inward Eye Contemporary Painting Exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul

This group exhibition brings together works by Han Bing, Megan Rooney, and Joan Snyder, exploring their distinct and intersecting approaches to painting. The show treats the picture plane as a dynamic space of negotiation, where artists explore themes of time, memory, and material.

Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul presents 'That Inward Eye,' a group exhibition featuring the works of Han Bing, Megan Rooney, and Joan Snyder. This exhibition marks the first presentation of these three artists in Korea and delves into their shared and divergent interests in the physical and conceptual nature of painting. For these artists, the canvas is not merely a surface, but a container that holds time, memory, and gesture, serving as a boundary they actively engage with and transcend. Each artist employs unique processes of accumulation, erasure, and layering to challenge the limits of the medium. Joan Snyder’s works often blend autobiography with natural motifs like ponds and water, dismantling traditional geometric structures with viscous, organic textures. Megan Rooney utilizes a physical, iterative process involving sanding and layering to build rich pictorial surfaces, while Han Bing’s work is deeply informed by urban textures, creating composite compositions through the layering and revealing of fragments. The exhibition title draws from William Wordsworth's poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,' referencing his concept of the 'inward eye' as a lens for creative imagination.

The exhibition is open to the public; visitors are encouraged to check the gallery website for further information or guided tour opportunities as they become available.