[This Week's Exhibitions] Marlon Wobst Solo Exhibition 'SIX LOVE', Kimizak Solo Exhibition 'Moon Took ? A Moment of Discovery', and More

Editor's NoteThis week's exhibitions feature a selection of diverse and captivating shows across the country, curated to highlight the art you can encounter this week.

Starting with the Four Basic Tastes Sweet, 2025, 91 × 91 cm. Gallery Hangyeol

Sung Eun Solo Exhibition 'Fragments of Flavor'

Sometimes, flavors become even more vivid after they have faded. In Sung Eun's solo exhibition 'Fragments of Flavor,' the fleeting sensations on the tip of the tongue are traced as they re-emerge in memory as colors, lines, and textures. Fine, repeated lines and small color fields densely fill the canvas. Just as taste can be classified as sweet, sour, salty, or bitter, on the artist's canvas, the senses blend and overlap, merging into an abstract rhythm. Rather than trying to depict taste itself, the artist translates into a visual form the residual impressions left behind after a flavor passes.

Bitterness in Peanut Butter, 2026, 162.2×97cm. Gallery Hangyeol

The artist manipulates the thickness and feel of the surface using acrylic paint, gel medium, and sand. Slick stripes, rough textures, thinly spread color fields, and thickly built surfaces create layers of memory. In 'Starting with the Four Basic Tastes Sweet,' forms resembling scattered pills atop bright stripes evoke both the light temptation and artificial sensation of sweetness, while the dense stripes in 'Bitterness in Peanut Butter' compress the lingering bitterness that remains within sweetness. The exhibition does not attempt to recreate tastes that have vanished but instead holds on to the fragments of those sensations imprinted on the body and in memory. Until July 16, Gallery Hangyeol, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Kimijak, Huysijeol (Heuyusijeol), 2026, Oil on linen, 145.5 x 97 cm Payto Gallery

Kimizak Solo Exhibition 'Moon Took ? A Moment of Discovery'

There are moments when a familiar scene suddenly opens up with a new face. The solo exhibition 'Moon Took ? A Moment of Discovery' by Kimizak does not focus on discovering something new, but on encountering sensations that were always present yet often overlooked. The exhibition title 'Moon Took' is a playful twist on the Korean word 'mundeuk' (meaning 'suddenly'). The artist recalls the childhood uncertainty of whether the moon was following them on a nighttime walk, or they were chasing the moon—an impression that, in this exhibition, expands into directions of the heart, such as dreams, happiness, and freedom, which are close yet not easily grasped.

Kimijak, Where the Moonlight Stayed, Oil on Linen, 100 × 100 cm, 2026. Phaeto Gallery

Anonymous figures in the artworks run, pull, and balance themselves in settings ranging from stadiums and circuses to scenes bathed in moonlight and sunlight. These faceless bodies are less portraits of particular individuals and more a collective glimpse of all of us moving within the same current. Strong colors and simple forms lend clarity to each scene, yet the emotions within are far from simple. 'Where the Moonlight Stayed' captures the lingering glow left behind by time gone by, while 'Rally, Rhythm, Repeat' and 'Life Is a Circus' translate repeated motions and precarious balance into the rhythm of life. The exhibition is on view until August 8, Payto Gallery, Jung-gu, Seoul.

Marlon Wobst, Six Love, 2026, Wool, 373x288cm. Photo by Eric Tschernow / Courtesy of Marlon Wobst & SCHWARZ CONTEMPORARY Choi & Choi Gallery

Marlon Wobst Solo Exhibition 'SIX LOVE'

Certain memories aren’t marked by major events, but instead linger in small and relaxed moments—afternoon swims, laughter shared over drinks, or games in the park. German artist Marlon Wobst’s first solo exhibition in Korea, 'SIX LOVE,' captures these times of coming together and drifting apart through painting and felt tapestry. The exhibition’s title originates from the phrase shouted in celebration when winning a domino game. Rather than focusing on dramatic narratives, the artist highlights encounters and rituals that brush past us in daily life. Figures in the paintings are situated in places like swimming pools, festivals, and weekend parks, though their faces and bodies are deliberately left undefined. These are scenes of community swaying between joy and melancholy, intimacy and distance.

Marlon Bobst. Andrea Katheder, Courtesy SCHWARZ CONTEMPORARY. Choi & Choi Gallery

The figures in Wobst’s works blur into the background, leaning on or growing distant from each other, lingering at the boundary between presence and absence. Oil paintings such as 'Weekend,' 'Festival,' and 'Dream Voyage' turn scenes of everyday life into blurred memories rendered in color, while the large-scale felt tapestries 'Six Love' and 'Introduction' add tactile sensation to these recollections. The soft felt further blurs the outlines of the figures, yet at the same time brings the warmth of bodies pressed close. The exhibition does not explain relationships in explicit terms but instead invites the viewer to observe, for a long time, the subtle textures of moments created and lost as we pass by one another. Until August 6, Choi & Choi Gallery Seoul, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.

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