A small space; a gallery owner madly in love with young and vibrant art; a duo of curators with a fresh, energetic eye: this is the cocktail of elements that make up the projects proposed at Blue Gallery, founded by Silvio Pasqualini, and which, until 7 July 2024, hosts the exhibition Electric Supermoonsolo exhibition by the Korean artist Hyun Cho (Seoul, 1982), edited by Zero framework and accompanied by a critical text by Ilaria Sponda.
The project is part of a cycle of exhibitions that involves artists from outside Venice, Italian and otherwise, intent on experimenting and playing with different media, from painting to video installations, from sculpture to photography and art graphics, all transported in the magical Venetian showcase. The main objective? Create a filamentous and lively network of contacts that develops throughout Europe (no, rather: throughout the world) and that brings together young creatives, new and daring voices.
Blue Gallery, in fact, wants to present itself as another space, as a suspended reality that breaks with the traditional market and exhibition rules that currently govern the art world, proposing, rather, collaborations based entirely on mutual personal esteem and love for innovative languages.
One of these collaborations was born with the young woman Hyun Cho: formed between Sydney and New York, in 2008 Cho she was nominated for the Zelda Stedman Grant and in 2018 she was invited as an artist in residence at the famous and prestigious residence of Palazzo Monti, in Brescia. She has since moved between Italy and South Korea, most notably returning for the Viafarini-In-Residence residency, in Milan, in 2020 and then in 2023.
In particular, the exposure Electric Supermoon selects and includes three of his installations with LED displays, all focused on the urban language, on the evanescent and luminous symbols and iconographies of globalized spaces, for a pulsating punk aesthetic, which constitutes the distinctive feature of Cho. The punk approach, then, is in itself an emblematic example of how a subculture can be commercialized, neutralized and integrated into the mainstream. However, it continues to inspire rebellious and politically charged art, raising questions about how central aesthetics are in defining a cultural movement that goes far beyond its visual appearance.
The artist herself speaks thus of her works: «With words, I aim to create a new genre of art. I mix the lyrical style of punk music with pop sensibilities to create phrases that express my experience and for viewers to attach their own. I adopt a stylistic characteristic of punk rock lyrics: short, repeatable and catchy. They are captivating and sometimes perverse to capture the audience’s attention, reflecting on the messaging we encounter every day in our complex world.”
The works, thus, stand as a luminous meeting in the Venetian night, like a real electronic moon.
