墨條研磨，炭粉飛散，白土層疊，松香凝結。韓國藝術家禹鍾澤把畫布變成物質與靈魂相遇的場域。傳統水墨在他手中獲得新生，成為探索天地本源的當代語言。
When ink sticks are ground, charcoal dust scatters, white clay layers, and rosin crystallizes, Korean artist Woo Jong-Taek transforms canvas into a meeting ground for matter and soul. Traditional ink painting finds new life through his hands, becoming a contemporary language for exploring the origins of heaven and earth.
推介原因 WHY IT MATTERS
在數碼時代的喧囂中，禹鍾澤的作品重新打開了通往寧靜的入口。他讓傳統韓國水墨獲得當代生命力，畫布成為能量的載體，每一筆都蘊含大地脈動，每層肌理都回應宇宙韻律。觀者在此暫停、呼吸，重新感受自然本源。這場關於存在本質的冥想，帶領我們在物質與精神世界之間找到平衡。
In the digital age’s cacophony, Woo Jong-Taek’s works open portals to tranquility. He gives traditional Korean ink painting contemporary vitality, canvases become energy vessels where each stroke contains earth’s pulse, each texture responds to cosmic rhythms. Here viewers can pause, breathe, and reconnect with nature’s origins. This meditation on existence guides us to find balance between material and spiritual worlds.
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
53 x 45.5 厘米 cm
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
72 x 60 厘米 cm
重點一覽 HIGHLIGHTS
1️⃣炭墨煉金術
走進展場，質感的震撼先於色彩而來。禹鍾澤把墨研磨成泥狀，炭粉如雨點灑落，白土層層堆疊，畫面肌理如地質斷層般豐富。這些作品像是大地的切片，記錄時間的痕跡和自然的呼吸。藝術家用身體帶動畫筆，每個動作都產生能量，每次揮灑都在與天地對話。
The Alchemy of Charcoal and Ink
Entering the exhibition, texture’s impact arrives before color. Woo Jong-Taek grinds ink into mud, scatters charcoal like raindrops, layers white clay, creating surfaces rich as geological strata. These works resemble earth’s cross-sections, recording time’s traces and nature’s breath. The artist’s body drives the brush, each movement generates energy, each gesture dialogues with heaven and earth.
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
72 x 60 厘米 cm
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
91 x 72 厘米 cm
2️⃣ 鏡、木、禪
展覽最吸引人的地方，是禹氏用木材和鏡面創作的裝置藝術。畫中的動態筆觸轉化成立體雕塑，平面與空間的界限在這裡消失。鏡子映照觀者身影，木材保存著自然的記憶。穿行其間，感覺進入了線條構成的冥想空間，在虛實交替中體會存在的多重維度。
Wood and Mirror Zen Spaces
The exhibition’s most compelling feature is Woo’s installations using wood and mirrors. Dynamic brushstrokes from paintings transform into sculptures, boundaries between flat and dimensional disappear here. Mirrors reflect viewers’ forms, wood preserves nature’s memory. Moving through them feels like entering meditative spaces built from lines, experiencing existence’s multiple dimensions between reality and illusion.
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
91 x 72 厘米 cm
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
150 x 150 厘米 cm
3️⃣ 留白餘韻
禹鍾澤深深理解東方美學中「空」的智慧。在他的作品裡，未經觸碰的空間和肌理豐富的部分同樣重要。這些留白並非空缺，而是充滿可能性的領域，邀請觀者用想像力參與創作。寂靜與聲響交替，空白與充實互生，編織出一個讓心靈安歇的空間。
The Power of Empty Space
Woo Jong-Taek deeply understands the wisdom of “emptiness” in Eastern aesthetics. In his works, untouched spaces are as vital as richly textured areas. These voids aren’t gaps but fields of possibility, inviting viewers’ imagination to participate in creation. Silence alternates with sound, emptiness generates fullness, weaving spaces where spirits can rest.
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
117 x 91 厘米 cm
4️⃣ 從龍仁到香港
作為仁川大學教授的禹鍾澤，既創作也傳承知識。這次香港首展開啟了他藝術生涯的新篇章，把韓國當代藝術的獨特語彙帶到這座融合東西文化的城市。他的作品跨越地域界限，用世界共通的視覺語言探討永恆問題：我們從哪裡來？如何與自然共存？在物質世界中，怎樣保持內心的清澈？
Artistic Journey from Yongin to Hong Kong
As professor at Incheon National University, Woo Jong-Taek both creates and transmits knowledge. This Hong Kong debut opens a new chapter in his artistic journey, bringing Korean contemporary art’s unique vocabulary to this city where East meets West. His works cross geographical boundaries, using universal visual language to explore eternal questions: Where do we come from? How do we coexist with nature? How do we maintain inner clarity in the material world?
Woo Jong-Taek
Memory of Origin, 2025
混合媒介於畫布上 Mixed media on canvas
150 x 150 厘米 cm
背景 BACKGROUND
🎨 禹鍾澤1973年生於韓國龍仁市，在中央大學完成東洋畫系學士及碩士學位，後於誠信女子大學取得博士學位。現任仁川大學韓國畫教授，自2005年起在首爾、大邱、漢堡等地舉辦多個展覽，作品被韓國國立現代美術館等重要機構收藏。
Woo Jong-Taek (1973, Yongin, Korea) earned his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Oriental Paintings from Chung Ang University and completed his doctorate at Sungshin Women’s University. Currently a professor of Korean Painting at Incheon National University, he has exhibited internationally since 2005 in Seoul, Daegu, and Hamburg, with works collected by major institutions including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea.
小貼士 TIPS
站在禹鍾澤的作品前，試試閉眼幾秒再睜開，畫面的能量流動可有變化？看畫不只用眼睛，更需要用心感受。離開畫廊時帶走這份覺察，說不定在日常生活中，你也能發現物質與靈魂交匯的瞬間。
Before Woo’s works, try closing your eyes for a few seconds then reopening them. Did the energy flow shift? Viewing art requires feeling with your heart, not just your eyes. Take this awareness with you, and you might discover moments where matter meets spirit in everyday life.
🖼️ Between Matter and Soul
日期 Dates
2025.10.23 – 2025.11.22
地點 Venue
香港上環西街52號地下
G/F, 52 Sai Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
圖片提供：藝術家與 Soluna Fine Art｜Courtesy of the artist and Soluna Fine Art