This seat is taken / LKIF / Seoul
2024
LKIF 갤러리는 콜롬비아 작가 안토니아 카이세도 홀긴(b.1997)의 한국 첫 개인전 ‘This Seat Is Taken’ 을 개최한다.
LKIF Gallery is pleased to present 'This Seat Is Taken', Antonia Caicedo Holguín's first solo exhibition with the gallery, and this marks her first in Asia.
The artist creates new narratives on the canvas based on her autobiographical memories since her childhood. In this new body of work, chairs, key clues to comprehend the story, appear in diverse circumstances, transforming into symbols of human presence and absence. They serve as metaphors for the human experience, reflecting our journeys, struggles, and connections. In some pieces, figures are seated on chairs, representing moments of rest, or dreaming of their future. We try to search for a personal and meaningful space. Holguín says “The chair represents not just a physical seat, but a conceptual space where one can pause, reflect, and engage with the world.” Anyone may have heard 'This Seat Is Taken,’ a title of this exhibition, at least once, and the sentence is interpreted as a sense of relief when we found our own place. The works in this exhibition are about the universal pursuit of us discovering and defining ourselves in the world.
In this exhibition, the audience encounters a sequential timeline of her life along with each canvas. She recollects her cherished memories and transforms them into fictional stories, featuring characters such as her family, friends, lovers and sometimes strangers on the scene depicting everyday life.
by Christine Lee
Press release
2024
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