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PKM Gallery presents Time in Space: The Life Style, a special exhibition that would mark the end of the year 2020 and usher in the start of a new year.

Quarantine and contactless living have become a ‘new normal’ in the post-COVID era. The exhibition aims to provide an insight into the value and definition of one’s residential space in these unprecedented times when individuals need to stay at home for prolonged periods. Amidst the changing lifestyles, residential space expanded its function as a space for working, resting, and social gathering; it has become a sociocultural location that now has a greater impact on our lives compared to the times before the coronavirus pandemic.

Time in Space: The Life Style showcases paintings, sculptures, furniture, and design objects which are the products from the far past to the present time. They are not only decorative elements within the residential space, but they co-exist and resonate with one another as they are linked across time. Thus, the occupied space becomes a significant site for storytelling that widens the visitors’ scope of thinking and allows reflections on a humanistic approach and aesthetic pleasure.

The exhibition takes place at PKM+, which previously was a residence built in 1969 by a renowned Korean architect Kim Chung Up. The building was renovated a few years ago but continues to embody the qualities of living space in terms of its scale and ambiance.

The ground floor of the exhibition is comprised of a true-view landscape by a Korean master painter Gyeomjae Jeongseon, modern and contemporary paintings of Yun Hyong-keun, Suh Seung-won, Bek Hyunjin, and Young Do Jeong, a moon jar by Kwon Dae Sup, a sculptural shelving unit by American artist Andrea Zittel, a daybed by Danish designer Poul Kjærholm, traditional Korean wooden furniture, European vintage lamps from the 1960s, vintage speakers and an amplifier from the 1940s. In all, the room turns into a modern and elegant space with a classical touch.

The basement floor, with a home bar at its center, is decorated with fancy rococo-style wallpaper. It showcases a chester sofa that became popular in the Victorian era and came into vogue in the early 20th century, known to be used by Sigmund Freud for his psychoanalytic treatments. Additionally, a bar table and a shelf newly designed by Smallstudiosemi, a bar stool designed by French designer Pierre Jeanneret, a drawing by Kwon Jin Kyu, the pioneer of modern sculpture in Korea, a mirrored work by Darren Almond, a relief by Wonwoo Lee, character paintings by Sambypen, T-shirts with social commentaries by Moonhwan Park are on display together with letters written by Sangchon Shin Heum and Misuoo Heo Mok who are scholars from the mid-Joseon period, and a manual of the game of Go from the late-Joseon period. The dignity of classical works that have endured the long passage of time and the ‘hip and trendy’ aspect of the younger generation boldly correspond and harmonize with one another inside the space.