I M ART presents the Géraldine Gliubislavich Exhibition from October
8 through November 15, 2008. Through this exhibition, the art world
of Géraldine Gliubislavich, a French artist born in 1978, will be
introduced to Korea for the first time. Geraldine graduated from
the Ecole Superieur des Arts Decoratif in Strasbourg and the Central
Saint Martin's School of Art in London in 2006. Géraldine made her
debut as an artist in 2007 when she held her first solo exhibition
in the Vegas Gallery and was chosen as one of the emerging artists
by the Saatchi Gallery and the Axis website.
Géraldine's critical viewpoint of painting is the onset of her
work. She poses questions concerning the meaning, death, and boundaries
of conventional painting. Each work is an outgrowth of her pursuit
to combine space and time. In terms of subject matter and technique,
her ideas are flexible. She represents her own experience, is
inspired by the works of other artists, and uses the photographs
of groups. She employs several techniques at the same time, blurring
the lines between figuration and abstraction. Her own distinctive
brushwork and the use of a dark palette gives rise to an effect
that makes the look of her paintings dispersed and existing in
an infinite space. Both figures and objects scattered over this
space look isolated, desolate, and insecure. That is none other
than a depiction of contemporary human beings. Her work draws
the viewer's attention through this element.
The viewers may feel embarrassed at her pieces that show her self-conscious
work processes rather than conveying any narrative or social message.
As painting is not like an object that has limited meaning, it
is enough for each viewer to make efforts to fully exert their
imagination. The show will bring together 20 paintings that interpret
contemporary people's life in a sensuous manner, providing the
viewers with an opportunity to reflect their lives.