Where the Sea Ends

Young-Il Ahn Gabriel De La Mora Shim Moon-Seup Where the Sea Ends is a three person exhibition of works by Young-Il Ahn, Gabriel de la Mora and Shim Moon-Seup which explores abstractions of the sea and sky. The exhibition brings together artists from cross generations and cultures, each with a distinct visual expression, united by an enduring inspiration that the natural world has provided them. Young-Il AHN's paintings from the Water series, created with subtly varying densities of impasto oil paint applied to the canvas with a palette knife, mimic the play of light on water, which would remain an ongoing concern for the rest of the artist's life. Gabriel de la Mora collects, fragments and organises organic material such as feathers to create patterns and effects inspired by the natural world. Subtle and precise, de la Mora's works illuminate the transformative potential of his material to weave visual rhythms that are elemental and complex. Dissolving boundaries between materiality and perception, the works become sites of introspection and reflection. Shim Moon-Seup's paintings from The Presentation series take as their starting point the seascapes of Tongyeong, a coastal city in South Korea where he spent his childhood. In the works, undulating brushstrokes layer and dissolve in an expression of the artist's deep reverence for nature, its tempo and cycles. "The sea is a place where visual and auditory spaces merge, shaped by light, scent, and sound. I was deeply moved by the way in which light is reflected on the ocean—it left a spiritual impression on me. It is through the colours reflected from light that the sea becomes truly beautiful. Light flickers, colour carries, expands, and leads us into the realm of imagination." —Shim Moon-Seup