Exhibition Information

Ethan Cook Green Bang
2023 Hand woven cotton and linen, framed 40.8 x 45.7 cm
(Source = Gana Art)

Ethan Cook The End Has No End
2023 Hand woven cotton and linen, framed 40.8 x 45.7 cm
(Source = Gana Art)

Ethan Cook Revelation
2023 Hand woven cotton and linen, framed 88.7 x 76.5 cm
(Source = Gana Art)

Ethan Cook Impact
2023 Hand woven cotton and linen, framed 88.7 x 76.5 cm
(Source = Gana Art)

			Gana Art is pleased to present Passage, a solo exhibition by Ethan Cook (b. 1983–). It spotlights his distinctive abstract works composed of color planes produced by weaving pieces of canvas using a loom and thread. Based in New York, Cook has held solo exhibitions at leading galleries around the world, including the Nino Mier Gallery (Los Angeles, New York, Brussels), T293 (Rome), and the Royal Gallery (Stockholm). He has participated in group exhibitions at venues including the National Museum of Capodimonte (Naples) and Alexander Berggruen (New York). For his third solo show in South Korea following exhibitions in 2018 and 2021, Cook looks back from the past to the present of his work in canvas and, as the title “Passage” suggests, incorporates his artistic journey onto new pieces.

While the canvas works presented at his first solo exhibition at Gana Art Hannam in 2018 were characterized by a simplicity achieved through geometrically cut rectangular canvas fields, his current works, which are a continuation from his solo exhibition in 2021, are characterized by a more active use of color planes in organic shapes composed of both straight and curving lines. Cook cuts repetitive forms from canvas hand-woven on a loom, and arranges them freely within a rectangular canvas frame to establish a dynamic between the color planes. As a result, his recent works characterized by geometric compositions using purely basic elements of art such as lines, planes, and color, gradually form a dynamic field with an emphasis on rhythm, expressing a sense of freedom that is no longer formalized. It is hoped that this exhibition, which retraces his previous artistic journeys, will provide an opportunity to examine Ethan Cook’s art as he expands his horizons by experimenting with the potential of painting while utilizing canvas cloth as a novel medium.

(Source = Gana Art)