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Harnessed From Nature
Shim Moon-Seup
May 8 - September 30, 2026
Ca' Faccanon - Calle delle Acque, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
Curated by Sim Eunlog
Organized by Shim Moon-Seup Art and Culture Foundation
The exhibition traces the artist’s sculptural continuum through twenty eight works—painting, sculpture, and installation—drawn from his major series. Each piece marks a decisive moment within more than five decades of practice, from his debut at the 1973 Paris Biennale to new works completed in 2025.
Re-present, 2025. Wood, Steel. 230 x 202 x 65 cm
Re-present, 2025. Wood, Steel. 230 x 202 x 65 cm.
Prima Energeia and Reincarnation
In Korea, Shim Moon-Seup is primarily known as a sculptor ; yet in recent years abroad, he has become more widely regarded as a painter.However, from a young age he worked not only in three-dimensional forms, but across painting,photo-drawing, photography, sculpture, and installation—experiencing and employing an expansive range of material vocabularies and expressive methodologies. His works may now be provisionally grouped into eight broad thematic fields, which will be introduced briefly in the sections that follow.