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The light and air of southern France are more than mere natural elements—they are a quiet force that has long awakened the senses of artists, shaping their vision and craft. Walking through this landscape, I have seen how light carves into color, how forms dissolve and reemerge with the wind. As a professor, I returned here with my students each year, not just to observe, but to experience how art and place intertwine, how time leaves its quiet imprints.
My practice of ‘conjunction’ is not simply about assembling materials but about tracing the echoes of time, allowing surfaces to breathe with history. At Chateau La Coste, I hope my works will not only exist within the space but become part of its rhythm, engaging with its air, light, and memory. What we see is fleeting, but meaning unfolds in layers, revealing itself over time. This exhibition is a crossing point—where my lifelong inquiry meets the quiet persistence of this land.
— Ha Chong-Hyun
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First developed in the early 1970s, this technique became the foundation of Ha’s Conjunction series, which he continues to explore today. In the 2010s, he began incorporating vivid primary colors, expanding beyond the restrained palette of Dansaekhwa and into a more contemporary language. Presented within the Renzo Piano Pavilion, Ha Chong-Hyun: Light Into Color offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience Ha’s work in dynamic interplay with the distinctive light and landscape of Provence, and affirms Ha’s position as an artist whose work transcends geographic and cultural boundaries.
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Ha Chong-Hyun participated in the Paris Biennale in 1965 and 1971 and the São Paulo Biennale in 1967 and 1977, and represented Korea at the Venice Biennale in 1993. In 2022, his retrospective was featured as a collateral event of the 59th Venice Biennale. His work has been exhibited and collected by leading institutions around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Art Institute of Chicago; M+ in Hong Kong; the Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul; and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Korea, among many others.
This exhibition is organized in collaboration with Tina Kim Gallery and Kukje Gallery.
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Ha Chong-Hyun: Light Into Color: Chateau La Coste | Renzo Piano Pavilion
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