Namhee Kwon

Namhee Kwon is a Korean conceptual artist based in Seoul. Interested in representing literary poetic impressions of everyday life through a visual language, and using text and symbols to alter the visual perceptions of her surroundings, she echoes the minimalist movement of the 1960s. For Tenderpixel Gallery, Kwon will subtly transform the space in to a world of numbers, poetically distorting scale and placement. Through the installation of white neon numbers onto the gallery walls, each wall becomes reminiscence of a an empty book page. 

Namhee Kwon’s recent practice has involved investigating signs and numbers in their connection to literature. From early on in her career, she attempts to mimic the manner in which an author writes a novel. Both relying on composition, her own practice has become epic and rhythmic: works have been made, sometimes they disappear sometimes they are destroyed, sometimes only the title remains.