Bae Young-Whan. Luxurious Miserable Insomnia (detail), 2008.
Bae Young-whan’s Luxurious Miserable Insomnia (2008) and Lee Bul’s Untitled (“Infinity” wall) (2008) are featured in What Flows What Remains, marking the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art’s 20th anniversary.
Drawing on 125 highlights from the museum’s collection, the exhibition reflects on the institution’s legacy and future trajectory, presenting its holdings not as static works preserved in storage but as living artworks that continue to acquire new meanings through encounters with contemporary audiences.
Bae Young-whan’s Luxurious Miserable Insomnia renders sleeplessness in a dazzling sculptural form, reflecting the anxieties and solitude of contemporary life. An endlessly expanding spatial illusion unfolds in Lee Bul’s Untitled (“Infinity” wall), where mirrors and light give rise to an infinite field of proliferating architectural forms.