Concrete+Jungle｜2023 Open Call Artist Exhibition Introduction

The Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong presents the exhibition <Concrete + Jungle (2023 Open Call Artists)>, featuring the major artworks of the four artists from Korea and Hong Kong, KyungJin JEONG, Ken CHUNG, Mindy LUI and Yiseul JUNG including their paintings, installations and video productions.

The peculiar ambiguity of the term ‘Concrete Jungle’ comes from the coexisting positive and negative images of the words ‘Concrete’ and ‘Jungle’. Until the early 21st century, concrete still gave a negative image of an unattractive construction material, as it often symbolized a grey city that lacks uniqueness. However, as cement floors and walls, which maximize the modern and industrial elements of an interior design, have become a trend recently, concrete is no longer unattractive and needs not to be covered by wallpaper or paint. Likewise, although jungle, which has an opposite imagery to concrete, implicitly symbolizes savageness and the lack of civilization, it also reminds urban people of a romantic and adventurous nature that constructs exotic scenery.

The artists share the theme ‘City Life’. They treat the characteristics discovered in their observation in daily lives, especially in their city lives and living environments, as the subjects of their artwork.

Exhibition Details

• Concrete+Jungle｜2023 Open Call Artist Exhibition
• Date: 17 Mar - 20 May2023
• Venue: Korean Cultural Centre in Hong Kong
• Address: 6-7/F, Block B, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong

Participating artists

1. KyungJin JEONG
2. Ken CHUNG
3. Yiseul JUNG 정이슬
4. Mindy LUI

The above sources of information: Korean Cultural Center in Hong Kong official website and Facebook