021gallery will host Jaeha Lyu's solo exhibition <눈치 Mind others> ‘ongoing overthrough’ from October 24th, 2023 to January 25th, 2024.

Jayha Lyu’s ‘ongoing project’ was exhibited as an opening exhibition in 2016. This <눈치 mind others> exhibition ‘on going overthrough~’ extends the context which goes beyond the traditional exhibition format to showcase the artist's challenge, experimentation, and process. During the exhibition, the works will evolve like organic beings. It is simultaneously the extension and completion of the artist's work. On the day the exhibition ends, "Mind Others" will complete a narrative. The exhibition "ongoing overthrough," in which space becomes the work and the work becomes space, will be continued.

<눈치 Mind Others> will be an opportunity to explore the artist's tireless work, which constantly expands the horizons of contemporary art and breaks down the frameworks he has built, and to join the future work world of the artist who seems to be dreaming and enjoying beyond the waves created by art and technology.

Jaeha Lyu transitioned from traditional paintings to pictorial videos and media display installations that seamlessly blend tradition and modernity. He has established the concept of 'Media Sculpture', utilizing LED displays, which expanded the boundaries of contemporary art. 'Media Cheomseongdae', a symbolic installation at the G20 2010 summit, garnered global acclaim. Following 'Mapping of Junghwajeon at Deoksugung Palace', he further extended his reach to popular outdoor spaces with 'Gwanghwamun Wavering of Light', a cultural heritage media façade work that captivated public attention.
From 2013, the artist has been consistently researching methods for projecting images in the air, and has been working on realizing a media space that extends into infinite. In 2019, Jaeha Lyu's team worked on a project to implement the combination of a sustainable living space and an art space based on ecology in Hajungdo, Chuncheon, suggesting the restoration of imagination and synesthesia towards infinite space. Through this <눈치 Mind others> exhibition, you can meet the process of waterside air media work in a video.
The artist's repetition of difference, which constantly breaks down his own frameworks, now expands into the realm of "kinetic art." The new works to be presented at this <눈치 Mind others> exhibition have the concept and characteristics of media installation work which introduces kinetic elements and combines media and physical objects. By juxtaposing and combining the ancient geometric forms conveyed through cast iron and the modern technological structure, it brings out simultaneity along the time trajectory of ancient, modern, and present.

The work titled <눈치 Mind others> is a media installation that has the distinction of integrating physical objet by adopting kinetic elements. It emphasizes the disintegration and reintegration of various elements through the mechanisms in the work. By juxtaposing and integrating Sotdukkgung (Korean Traditional Cast iron Pot Lid) with an ancient geometric form and a modern technological structure, the time trajectory leading from ancient-modern-present, draws simultaneity. The title Mind others is ambiguous to express the movements of this moving object’s fragments assembling and disassembling. This installation work generates fusion of intuitive and emotional image which utilizes the expressive benefits of media and given materials. Due to this, viewers can distinguish and immerse into Painting, Sculpture, Objet, Media which are familiar to them. Detailed Artisan spirit originated from experiences that have a tendency to lead to the pinnacle of modern technology. In order to connect the purpose of creation and emotional spectrum of hope, sadness, compliant, Extreme Interactive Fusion - Tradition and Modern, Spirit and Material, Laziness and Effort, Virtuality and Reality- can be used. This work reveals the dissonance between the value of livelihood and solubility of art by satirically emphasizing conflict between indicators of human existence and artistic creation. Besides, in a way like the scribble on the wall acts as a bridge to criticize and to be sarcastic but also has the idea and feature of ‘Mind others’.