{"id":8899,"date":"2024-07-04T05:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T05:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8899"},"modified":"2024-07-04T05:32:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T05:32:53","slug":"seoul-fashion-icon-cylinder-steps-onto-the-international-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/?p=8899","title":{"rendered":"Seoul fashion icon CYLINDER steps onto the international stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Art Market<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell Raab<\/p>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 cLbofV\">\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5708 \/ 3809;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FZwI_jzOnuHqchx7-1GVBkA%252FDirector_DOOYONG_RO_cropped.jpg&amp;width=910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FZwI_jzOnuHqchx7-1GVBkA%252FDirector_DOOYONG_RO_cropped.jpg&amp;width=910 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FZwI_jzOnuHqchx7-1GVBkA%252FDirector_DOOYONG_RO_cropped.jpg&amp;width=1820 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 deSTdW\">\n<div overflow=\"hidden\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 nscQv\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div color=\"black60\" font-family=\"sans\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 HTML__Container-sc-1im40xc-0 caIGcn kFGRHf fxdlkC\">\n<p>Portrait of Dooyong Ro. Image courtesy of CYLINDER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ArticleHTML__Container-vqmnzn-0 eUqDTh cpWqgk\">\n<p>The meteoric rise of 33-year-old Korean art dealer Dooyong Ro began in a former fried chicken shop. He spent four years in London, earning an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art. In 2020, he returned to his birthplace, South Korea. There, he discovered this space in Seoul&#8217;s Gwanak district. Initially, he planned to use it as his makeshift art studio. But as the coronavirus lockdown kept him from working for longer than expected, he decided to take a different path when Wonwoo Lee, an artist he admired, inquired about the possibility of hosting an exhibition. Ro decided to offer his space for free. <\/p>\n<p>This marks the launch of CYLINDER, one of Seoul\u2019s most noteworthy emerging galleries, with two locations in the South Korean capital. Next week, the gallery will make its European debut at the Liste Art Fair in Basel, with a group exhibition \u201cSkate Blade\u201d featuring work by Jang Jongwan and Rim Park, two artists who highlight the gallery\u2019s early-career artist program. Many of these artists, like Park, are younger than the gallery owner himself. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy core motivation is to open up some new paths for my generation and the next generation so that we can just hang out together casually and not be in this hierarchy,\u201d Luo said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 cLbofV\">\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5116 \/ 5116;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FMFGGh2NCHGidwby3HacOSg%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FMFGGh2NCHGidwby3HacOSg%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=450 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FMFGGh2NCHGidwby3HacOSg%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=900 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5859 \/ 4812;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FvDKQtivxayKMh91PZ2xYSw%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FvDKQtivxayKMh91PZ2xYSw%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=450 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2FvDKQtivxayKMh91PZ2xYSw%2Fmain.jpg&amp;width=900 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ArticleHTML__Container-vqmnzn-0 eUqDTh cpWqgk\">\n<p>Many in the international art world have come to know CYLINDER after it won the 2023 Frieze Seoul Booth Award for a solo work by South Korean artist Sinae Yoo, whose medieval landscapes are populated by futuristic mythological figures.<\/p>\n<p>For Ro, the award feels more like the culmination of the gallery\u2019s upward trajectory, ironically since he didn\u2019t consider himself a gallerist or his space a gallery when he was first starting out. The gallery\u2019s inaugural exhibition, \u201cAI VS AI \u2014 Artificial Intelligence VS Artificial Intelligence,\u201d took place in November 2020, featuring work by Lee and Minseo Kim. Soon after, Ro held another exhibition, \u201cChimera,\u201d with friends like Christine Lee, Iria Vrettou, and Sun Lah. In 2021, he launched the gallery\u2019s now-signature \u201cTORQUE\u201d series, an exhibition of artists who had just completed their undergraduate studies. The first exhibition, \u201cGear Shift,\u201d featured work by artists like Jonghwan Lee, with whom the gallerist continues to collaborate, culminating in a solo show in the summer of 2023. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 cLbofV\">\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:6480 \/ 4320;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2F-mm8NzkSV0uxft1gUCzS2g%252FV8.jpg&amp;width=910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2F-mm8NzkSV0uxft1gUCzS2g%252FV8.jpg&amp;width=910 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2F-mm8NzkSV0uxft1gUCzS2g%252FV8.jpg&amp;width=1820 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 deSTdW\">\n<div overflow=\"hidden\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 nscQv\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div color=\"black60\" font-family=\"sans\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 HTML__Container-sc-1im40xc-0 caIGcn kFGRHf fxdlkC\">\n<p>Installation view of the \u201cV8\u201d at CYLINDER ONE 2022. Image courtesy of CYLINDER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ArticleHTML__Container-vqmnzn-0 eUqDTh cpWqgk\">\n<p>\u201cI went through everything they could have gone through,\u201d Luo said, recalling his time as an artist completing his undergraduate studies. For Luo, the TORQUE program was his way of reaching out to newcomers in the art world. It was a key chapter in his gradual adjustment to the world of commercial galleries. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, a major milestone was the gallery\u2019s participation in The Preview, a nomadic art fair held in Hannam-gu, Seoul in June 2021. Ro\u2019s booth, which featured works by Minhee Kim, received positive attention from guests and prominent collectors, giving him a new perspective on the possibilities of CYLINDER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 cLbofV\">\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4000 \/ 2667;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FCyc5S2HrA9N3pxTkQFWPuA%252FTORQUE_2_NEUTRAL_STEER_%2528RimPark%2529.jpg&amp;width=910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FCyc5S2HrA9N3pxTkQFWPuA%252FTORQUE_2_NEUTRAL_STEER_%2528RimPark%2529.jpg&amp;width=910 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FCyc5S2HrA9N3pxTkQFWPuA%252FTORQUE_2_NEUTRAL_STEER_%2528RimPark%2529.jpg&amp;width=1820 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 deSTdW\">\n<div overflow=\"hidden\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 nscQv\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div color=\"black60\" font-family=\"sans\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 HTML__Container-sc-1im40xc-0 caIGcn kFGRHf fxdlkC\">\n<p>Installation view of CYLINDER ONE\u2019s \u201cTORQUE 2 \/ NEUTRAL STEER\u201d in 2022. Image courtesy of CYLINDER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ArticleHTML__Container-vqmnzn-0 eUqDTh cpWqgk\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why people buy these works. [at first]&#8221;How did they do that? That was my question. I didn&#8217;t know much about the contemporary art ecosystem, but I was curious, so I went to this fair. &#8230; I remember the first person who bought this work was a great collector in Korea. &#8230; I think [CYLINDER] \u201cMaybe it\u2019s a little different from the other dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it wasn\u2019t until CYLINDER partnered with British painter Tristan Pigott for an exhibition in 2021 that Lo began to consider himself a gallery owner. Lo contacted Pigott, whom he had long admired, and the artist was so interested that he even offered to pay for shipping. The show, titled \u201cWooden Curtains,\u201d featured seven paintings, including four figurative works in which human figures were depicted in bizarre settings. According to Lo, the exhibition not only attracted a lot of attention, but also sold out. \u201cThen, from this moment on, I started to seriously consider transitioning to becoming a gallery owner,\u201d Lo said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 cLbofV\">\n<div width=\"100%\" overflow=\"hidden\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3997 \/ 2758;max-width:100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ifvuNv\"><button width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" cursor=\"pointer\" type=\"button\" class=\"Clickable-sc-10cr82y-0 ArticleZoomButton__Button-z4og7f-1 fmimeD kGAsnc\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Skeleton__SkeletonBox-sc-1vwqe5c-0 kTXqHg\"><span class=\"LazyImage__InnerLazyImage-sc-1fxlbs3-0 bXymUy\" style=\"opacity:0\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FeVf2eCH1PQY_jglKe7tpQw%252FCYLINDER_TWO.jpg&amp;width=910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FeVf2eCH1PQY_jglKe7tpQw%252FCYLINDER_TWO.jpg&amp;width=910 1x, https:\/\/d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net?quality=80&amp;resize_to=width&amp;src=https%3A%2F%2Fartsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2FeVf2eCH1PQY_jglKe7tpQw%252FCYLINDER_TWO.jpg&amp;width=1820 2x\" alt=\"\" class=\"Image__BaseImage-sq2zgu-0 hNtpIp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div display=\"flex\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Flex-cw39ct-0 deSTdW\">\n<div overflow=\"hidden\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 nscQv\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<div color=\"black60\" font-family=\"sans\" class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 Text-sc-18gcpao-0 HTML__Container-sc-1im40xc-0 caIGcn kFGRHf fxdlkC\">\n<p>Exterior view of CYLINDER TWO. Image courtesy of CYLINDER.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 ArticleHTML__Container-vqmnzn-0 eUqDTh cpWqgk ArticleSectionText__ArticleHTMLLastChild-sc-9ecauf-1 ccqNGR\">\n<p>By 2022, CYLINDER had made impressive progress in expanding into the international market through more regional art fairs. It exhibited works by Pigott and Kim at KIAF and Art Busan, respectively, and both booths sold out. Meanwhile, the &#8220;TORQUE&#8221; program continued to develop, and Ro carved out a new territory in the so-called &#8220;grey area&#8221; gallery world. His mission was not only to help cultivate the careers of young artists, but also to elevate mid-level galleries in the region and give artists the opportunity to grow locally. That&#8217;s why in May 2023, he decided to try again: opening CYLINDER TWO in Yongsan District in central Seoul. <\/p>\n<p>The gallery, which will debut at Liste next week, is another step in Ro\u2019s evolution from accidental gallerist to influential tastemaker. In the process, he continues to elevate his artists and Seoul\u2019s gallery scene from the ground up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0 eUqDTh\">\n<div class=\"Box-sc-15se88d-0\">\n<p>Maxwell Raab<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell Rabb is a staff writer at Artsy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/article\/artsy-editorial-seoul-tastemaker-cylinder-international-leap-liste\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art Market Maxwell Raab Portrait of Dooyong Ro. Image courtesy of CYLINDER. The meteoric rise of 33-year-old Korean art dealer Dooyong Ro began in a former fried chicken shop. He spent four years in London, earning an MA in sculpture at the Royal College of Art. In 2020, he returned to his birthplace, South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoday.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}