Solo exhibition of Korean artist Jong Oh on view at MARC STRAUS
(Artdaily.org)

MARC STRAUS is presenting its fourth solo exhibition of Korean artist Jong Oh set in the new third and fourth floor gallery spaces. The exhibition remains on view until October 16th, 2018. Oh’s work challenges an architecture that is not meant to impose or overbear on what it houses. Taking neutral, white gallery walls and seemingly open spaces, Oh marks boundaries, molds air and generates a presence from what is initially perceived as sheer absence. These dramatic spatial gestures toy with perception to create a physical experience extending beyond the visual. Point extends to line, and line connects to line eventually creating an ephemeral shape, one that could have existed in space but required the work of the artist to truly take visible form. In practice, Oh’s process is responsive and flexible, working as a conversation between