Shim Moon Seup
Shim Moon-seup (b.1943-), who uses vibrant nature as the basis of his work, explores the world of endless possibilities by experimenting with various media and forms. Shim has been exhibiting his works in Paris, Tokyo, and Beijing, and was awarded the Excellence Award at the 2nd Henry Moore Grand Prize in 1981 and the Chevalier dans I’ordre des Arts et Lettres in 2007. Since the mid-2000s, Shim has expanded the scope of his works that have continued as a sculptor by showing paintings and photography works. He mainly used materials from nature, such as soil, stone, wood, and iron for his sculptures, and pursued a state where nature and humans become a coherent whole and the poetic effects arising from these mutual interactions. Recently, while continuing his interests in nature, he tried to capture the infinite order, rhythm, movement, and enormous energy of waves in his canvas, recalling the sea, where he interacted and breathed with his whole body in his hometown of Tongyeong as a child. Shim paints the canvas with oil paint and repeats brushstrokes with watercolor on it, which often generates a mixture or separation of different substances. The repeated brushstrokes both reveal and hide the background, resembling a continuous field of waves forming and disappearing. The brushstrokes in his paintings seem to circulate infinitely. For him, painting is not an object locked in a rectangular frame, but a space with infinite mobility and circulation. In this way, Shim continues his works that convey the flow of meaning that constantly grows and changes.
조각가로 왕성하게 활동하다 2000년대 이후 회화작업을 병행하고 있다. 그의 회화는 바다의 수평선과 반복되는 물결의 이미지를 연상시킨다. 조각에서 물질의 개념을 탐구했던 그의 작업 철학이 페인팅에서 어떻게 반영되고 전개되는지를 살펴볼 수 있다. 심문섭의 작품은 생성과 소멸, 존재와 시간, 응집성과 개방성, 공존성과 기변성을 그대로 품고 있다.
“내가 추구하는 것은 인간과 물질이 서로 만나서 얽히는 사이의 시적인 양상이다,”
나의 방법은 바탕 만들기에서 그 과정의 치밀성을 들어낸다. 보통 20가지 색 면 층을 축적해나가는 일 자체가 엄청난 도로에 값한다. 또한 이를 적절하게 다듬어가는 긁어내기는 더욱 도로로 비친다. 무수하게 색층을 쌓아 올리는 일도 그렇거니와 쌓아 올린 색층을 긁어낸다는 것은 더욱 황당한 일로 치부되기 때문이다. 아마도 긁어냄으로써 획득되는 미묘한 물감층의 리듬이 없었더라면, 색깔들이 만드는 신비로운 광채가 없었더라면 얼마나 허무한 일이겠는가. 그리고 빼곡하게 채워지는 작은 방들의 내밀한 구성이 자아내는 웅장한 합창이 없었더라면 이 또한 얼마나 싱거운 표면이겠는가. 덕지덕지 쌓아 올린 안료 층의 육중한 시각적 압도는 만약 그 내면에 끊임없이 생성되는 생명의 리듬이 없었다면 그것은 단순한 덩어리에 지나지 않을 것이다.
Biography
Born
Education
Award
Solo Exhibitions
Selected Collections
1943 Tongyeong, Korea
MFA Hong-ik University
BFA Seoul National University
2009, The 8th Moon Shin Art Award
2007, Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres
2002, France-Korea Cultural Prize
1987, The 1st Se Choong Sculpture Award
1981, The 2nd Hennry Moore Grand Prize, The Excellence Awards
1971, The National Art Exhibition of the Republic of Korea, The Prime Minister Award
1970 The 1st Korean Art Grand-prix Exhibition, Superiority Prize
1970,1969 The National Art Exhibition of the Republic of Korea, The Minister of Culture Award
2023 SHIM MOON SEUP, Perrotin Gallery, Paris, Frqnce
2023 SHIM MOON SEUP: The Voyage of Time, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
2022 SHIM MOONSEUP_From Matter to Water, Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea
2022 A Scenery of Time, Perrotin, Hong Kong
2021 Creation and Extinction, Interart Channel, Seoul, Korea
2019 Walking with the Tree_ Wood Deity by Shim Moon Seup, Blume Museum of Contemporary Art, Paju, Korea
2018 Relation_Shim Moon Seup, Wonjon Art Museum, Beijing, China
2017 SHIM MOON-SEUP_Sculpture of Nature, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea
2016 SHIM MOON SEUP: REPRESENT, Arario Gallery,Cheonan, Korea
2016 La présentation-Shim Moon-Seup, Musée du Chateay de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France
2016 A CERTAIN SCENERY: TO THE ISLAND_Shim Moon Seup, Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
2015 Shim Moon-Seup: The Presentation to the Island, Beijing Tokyo Art Project, Beijing, China, Tokyo, Japan
2014 IBU Gallery, Paris, France
2014 「Shim Moon Seop」,Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
2013 Shim Moon Seup_ Towards an Island-The Art of Earth, Gallery 604, Busan, Korea
2012 「Shim Moon Seop_To the Island- The Art of Earth」,Daegu Art Museum, Daegu
2011 Gallery Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
2010 Moon Shin Art Museum, Changwon, Korea
2010 Yu-an Art Museum, Beijing, China
2009 Seok Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2009 Gallery 604, Busan, Korea
2009 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Hakgojae , Seoul (Solo)
2008 Muse des Arts Asiatiques de Nice, Nice (Solo)
2007 Vers une île, Palais Royale, Paris, France
2007 Represent_ Shim Moon-Seup, Xin Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
2002 INAX Gallery2,Tokyo, Japan
2002 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Gallery Rabouan Moussion, Paris
2001 Fondazione Mudima, Milano, Italy
2001 Art Sonje Center, Gyungju, Korea
2001 Gallerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
1999 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo (Solo)
1999 Busan Kongkan Gallery, Busan, Korea
1997 Gallery Shilla, Seoul, Korea
1996 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1995 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1995 Gallerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
1993 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 SHIM, MOON-SEUP : Wood Works of 1982-1992, Gallery Hyunda, Seoul, Korea
1992 Sigma Gallery, New York, USA Shim Moon Seup: Works of 1990-1992, Total Museum Seoul, Korea
1992 Gallerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
1991 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1990 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1990 Suzukawa Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
1990 Gallery Humanite, Nagoya, Japan
1990 Yamaguchi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1989 The Grayson College, Chicago, USA
1989 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1988 Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1986 Studio D'ars, Millano, Italy
1986 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
1985 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1982 INAX Gallery, Tokyo, Korea
1980 Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1979 Komai Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
1979 Lee Gallery, Daegu, Korea
1978 Gyeonji Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1977 SHIM, Moon-Seup: Works of 1970-1977, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1975 Hanil Gallery, Seoul, Korea
1972 Sato Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1965 Busan Gallery, Busan, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea
Leeum, Seoul
Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
Seoul Museum of Art
Hakone Museum, Japan
FNAC Paris
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