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White Cube at Art SG

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Michael Armitage, Cai Guo-Qiang, Enrico David, Theaster Gates, Mona Hatoum, Marguerite Humeau, Richard Hunt, Danica Lundy, Ibrahim Mahama, Park Seo-Bo, Shao Fan, Raqib Shaw White Cube at Art SGBooth BC05Jan 22 – 25, 2026 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore whitecube.com White Cube returns to the 2026 edition of ART SG (Booth BC05), presenting works by artists including Michael Armitage, Cai Guo-Qiang, Enrico David, Theaster Gates, Mona Hatoum, Marguerite Humeau, Richard Hunt, Danica Lundy, Ibrahim Mahama, Park Seo-Bo, Shao Fan and Raqib Shaw, among others. The Pragmatic Pessimist (2024) by Raqib Shaw will be featuring in the TVS Initiative for Indian and South Asian Contemporary Art at Art SG, a significant initiative that places a robust spotlight on contemporary art practices from India and South Asia. Highlights from the booth include: Park Seo-Bo’s Ecriture No.090711 (2009), from the artist’s ‘Colour Ecriture’ series, which he began in the 2000s. Inspired by the exuberant autumn colours around Mount Bandai near Fukushima, the artist’s use of vivid tones marks a sharp transition from the neutral palette of earlier paintings. Michael Armitage’s bronze sculpture 1: The Trial (2025) marks the …

Park Seo-Bo

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Ecriture 1967−1976 / White Cube / Hong Kong / Nov 23, 2018 – Jan 5, 2019 / Valencia Tong / The father of the Korean Dansaekhwa movement, Park Seo-Bo believes that art is an act of emptying. Through repeated hand movements he creates meditative works that are deeply rooted in Taoist and Buddhist philosophy. At his exhibition at White Cube in Hong Kong, the early works of the artist’s Ecriture series, which began in the late 1960s, embody the notion of emptying the mind. The Korean War in the 50s was a traumatic period for many local artists, whose works became more introspective following the unrest in the country. In the next decade, the post-war generation of artists embarked on the spiritual journey of Dansaekhwa, the Korean monochrome movement, with an emphasis on the process of art-making. Park’s work explores existential conditions but is firmly rooted in the Korean cultural tradition. He regards the resulting art pieces that we see as the residue of the process of his spiritual exercise, as if he had been chanting prayers …