Chapter No. 10
SKILL SET
For the tenth chapter, Amsterdam-based artists Nayul Kim and Marc Oosting will present a site-specific installation at LOOM. Although both artists have independent and unique practices they have been teaming up regularly for exhibitions this year.
Recently Marc curated the Union pavilion as part of the 15th Gwangju Biennale. For this exhibition he made a wall painting featuring the question, ‘How Can I Help?’ from his Important Questions project. Taken from pre-conflict social interactions these questions are posed within the context of the audience and art-object dynamic. As wall paintings they are part of the scenography of the exhibition and partially function as backdrop for the art installed on top of the wall painting.
For SKILL SET, he will use another question to make a wall painting with. Again, the wall painting will function as a support structure, a backdrop for installing art works on. But simultaneously it remains an independent art work that could be seen as encroaching on or encapsulating the paintings of Nayul.
As an accomplished painter Nayul tries to expand her scope of oil painting by wandering in the domain of virtual reality. Here she sculpts objects that hold cultural and personal significance from memory. In contrast to oil painting, which is a very slow and time-consuming process, VR is very fast paced leading to instant results. It’s a world full of unexpected direction and mishap. This is partially due to Nayul being a VR novice and partially due to limits on software. Working in VR is a physical activity even though it resembles sculpting and moving of air for the locked-out observer.
This exhibition explores one of LOOM’s core inquiries: redefining the exhibition format and the evolving relationship between artworks and their audience. In SKILL SET, both artists examine the delicate balance between collaboration and individuality, questioning how their works either extend or infringe upon one another. The result raises intriguing questions about the life and dynamics of artworks and exhibitions.
Nayul Kim makes paintings that originate in a digital and virtual world. She is interested in the body as a medium and the bodily experience of working in both virtual reality and the material world. Using VR and image manipulation programs she sculpts objects from memory that then become material for her paintings. Nayul received her BFA from Hongik University in Seoul and her Master at the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen, NL in 2023. Her paintings are part of collections in Asia, America and Europe. Recently Nayul’s work is included in the UMCG art collection, NN art collection and Heden in The Hague. Currently her work is on show at gallery Heejsteck in Utrecht, NL and the Union Pavilion as part of the 15th Gwangju Biennale in Korea.
Marc Oosting is an artist based in Amsterdam. He is interested in processes of appropriation, identity politics, the relationship between production and reproduction, and the idea of authenticity. In his practice these interests connect to fundamental questions about the art object itself and the context in which the object is experienced. Until the epidemic Marc was living and working mostly in Seoul. After attending the Rijksakademie Marc was a resident at the MMCA in Seoul in 2015 and the Asian Culture Centre in Gwangju, Korea. In 2017 Marc was selected by the Mondriaan Fund for a residency at IFP in Beijing. His work has been on show in Europe, the US, Korea and China and is collected internationally. Recently Marc curated and produced the exhibition Important Questions in the Union Pavilion as part of the 15th Gwangju Biennale in Korea.