PRESS RELEASE


<sub>ARARIO MUSEUM in SPACE will hold the solo exhibition of Jiyoon Koo titled at Underground in Space, the museum’s venue for special exhibitions. Koo is a young painter known for her abstract works that portray the contemporary society which resembles fast-changing construction sites.


The exhibition title comes from the experience of the artist when she traveled Hong Kong. The various sounds coming from the streets where the lights are never extinguished made her come up

with this abstract expression. The noisiness approached her as a big purple mass with volume and weight, so she named it ‘purple noise’. The term purple noise is actually used to refer to the sounds that help you sleep well. However to Koo it was felt as a distraction. Afterwards the artist began to concentrate on sound and realized that in the word today silence can be a factor of anxiety to people who are so used to the noise surrounding them. The abstract city landscape surrounding the brick walls of the exhibition hall will enable the viewers to perceive the contemporary society in a different perspective.</sub>