BEERS London is thrilled to present the debut of South Korean painter, Hyangmok Baik in his first international solo exhibition. Since finding him on Instagram, the young artist’s profile has exploded – seeing him appear as an online favorite and securing shows in the USA and abroad. The naïve but honest approach paired with reductive color schemes and complex compositions has found him a loyal collector base with both peers and critics singing his praises.
Hyangmok’s work continues in a tradition of bold, somewhat crude, almost post-aesthetic contemporary painting. His work combines a flattened perspective; a raw, heavily worked surface; unpredictable color-schemes; and irreverent subject matter – from disembodied heads to ducks to platters of fruit or bottles of champagne – the paintings seem somehow atemporal, acultural, ahistorical, and, paradoxically, universally relatable. Hailing from South Korea, Hyangmok is into surfing and weightlifting, but also keen on dream analysis and the subtle unspoken intricacies
of human interaction. Through recontextualization, the non-sequitur, deconstruction, and a fair amount of dark humor, Hyangmok’s paintings would seem just as relevant in California just as soon as they seem to articulate the kind of laissez-faire, post-punk lifestyle of a South Korean millennial.
The exhibition runs until 7 August 2021. For further information, visit BEERS London 51 Little Britain London EC1A 7BH
Image: Cupid (2020) Hyangmok Baik- Mixed media on canvas
All exhibition photography by Damian Griffiths
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