Entering Sook Jin Jo's exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art's Nam-Seoul branch, visitors encounter reclaimed railroad ties, weathered rafters and discarded timber. At first, the atmosphere feels solemn. But the longer one lingers, the more the abandoned materials seem to pulse with unexpected vitality. Despite using materials that evoke decay and mortality, the exhibition is not about death. It is about how life emerges from what has been left behind. "I don't treat death as something dark," Jo sai
The exhibition features reclaimed railroad ties, weathered rafters, and discarded timber.
The exhibition explores how life emerges from abandoned materials, focusing on renewal rather than death.
Jo does not see death as something dark; she emphasizes vitality and life beyond decay.
The exhibition is located at the Seoul Museum of Art's Nam-Seoul branch.