Kwon Yong Rae Explores Light and Metal in ‘BECOMING’
Published September 28, 2026 09:06 PM
Jason Yim
140X140cm, stainless steel on canvas 2026, Courtesy of Gallery Joeun
Gallery Joeun will present Kwon Yong Rae’s solo exhibition “BECOMING” from Oct. 1–31.
The exhibition brings together 16 new works developed through the artist’s longstanding examination of light and stainless steel. The pieces move between painting, sculpture and installation without settling within a single medium.
Kwon constructs his works by placing hundreds or thousands of flat stainless-steel units individually across a canvas. The metal components function as pictorial elements, forming images only as they reflect and disperse surrounding light.
Yong Rae Kwon, Light in Light-Blue, 65X90.9cm, stainless steel on canvas, 2026, Courtesy of Gallery Joeun
Light therefore operates as part of the work rather than as an external condition of display. Changes in illumination and the viewer’s position continually alter the appearance of each surface.
The series “Eternal Flame” demonstrates this approach through arrangements of metal units that evoke the movement of fire. Instead of representing a fixed object, the works focus on the process through which light appears, shifts and disappears.
The exhibition title refers to this continual state of formation. Kwon’s works remain positioned between material and immaterial qualities, flat surfaces and three-dimensional space, and stable forms and changing visual phenomena.
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Gallery Joeun exhibition presents 16 new works spanning painting, sculpture and installation140X140cm, stainless steel on canvas 2026, Courtesy of Gallery Joeun
Gallery Joeun will present Kwon Yong Rae’s solo exhibition “BECOMING” from Oct. 1–31.
The exhibition brings together 16 new works developed through the artist’s longstanding examination of light and stainless steel. The pieces move between painting, sculpture and installation without settling within a single medium.
Kwon constructs his works by placing hundreds or thousands of flat stainless-steel units individually across a canvas. The metal components function as pictorial elements, forming images only as they reflect and disperse surrounding light.
Yong Rae Kwon, Light in Light-Blue, 65X90.9cm, stainless steel on canvas, 2026, Courtesy of Gallery Joeun
Light therefore operates as part of the work rather than as an external condition of display. Changes in illumination and the viewer’s position continually alter the appearance of each surface.
The series “Eternal Flame” demonstrates this approach through arrangements of metal units that evoke the movement of fire. Instead of representing a fixed object, the works focus on the process through which light appears, shifts and disappears.
The exhibition title refers to this continual state of formation. Kwon’s works remain positioned between material and immaterial qualities, flat surfaces and three-dimensional space, and stable forms and changing visual phenomena.
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