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In the Continuum
Kim Yun Shin (b. 1935, Wonsan) returned to Korea after about four decades living and working in Argentina, Mexico and elsewhere, and this is her first solo show at Lehmann Maupin Seoul since. It fills both floors, pairing earlier and new paintings, wood sculptures and 'painting-sculptures' to look at material, bodily gesture and nature, with solid wood at the centre of her practice.
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- Dates
- Nov 5 – Dec 24, 2026
- Venue
- Lehmann Maupin Seoul (리만머핀 서울) · Hannam & Itaewon
- Address
- 서울특별시 용산구 이태원로 213Open in Naver MapOpen in Google Maps
Visit planning
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Credits
- Artists
- Kim Yun Shin
- Organized by
- Lehmann Maupin Seoul
Knowledge cards
Modern Sculpture현대 조각Sculpture's move from statues on pedestals commemorating people and events toward three-dimensional work concerned with material, weight, and the space around it.Read moreClose
01About
Modern sculpture is generally said to begin with Rodin. After him, Brâncuși distilled his subjects to their essential shapes, Picasso combined different objects and materials into one sculpture, Duchamp's Fountain (1917) presented a ready-made object as the work, and welded steel sculpture followed in the 1960s. Sculpture's concern moved from likeness and whom it honours to material, weight, balance, and the work's relation to the space around it and to the viewer's body. The sculpture park in Seoul's Olympic Park holds works by foreign artists invited to the cultural festival of the 1988 Seoul Olympics; they stand among lawns and paths and have become part of the landscape.
02In the gallery
Walk all the way around the work and notice the weight of its material, and how it stands, hangs, or leans.
Wall label terms in Korean
- 조각
- Sculpture
- 좌대
- Pedestal
- 기념비
- Monument
- 레디메이드
- Readymade
- 용접
- Welding
03Notes
Modern sculpture moved its attention from likeness to material, weight, and the space around it.
This time, at In the Continuum —
Does the work stand on a pedestal, or straight on the floor? What difference does it make?