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Gazelli Art House announces an exhibition of works by Vittorio Corsini and Kyung Woo Han. Entitled Once Upon A Time, the show explores the blurred boundaries between reality and imagination.
The works in the exhibition are united by the concept of storytelling, and allow the viewer to play an integral part in the narrative by encouraging them to decide on the beginning and end of the narrative. In their different ways the artists aim to create a seamless transition between the reality of the present and the various possible imaginary parallels.

Vittorio Corsini is renowned for his evocative works which allow the viewer to engage with their surroundings through a consideration of personal, historical and imaginary ties to the location. His subtle gradations of colour and form, evoke a landscape setting even inside the confines of the gallery space. For Once Upon A Time, he presents new works from the series Sul finire dell’occhio (As The Eye Comes to a Close). These monochrome paintings which are almost devoid of forms, use slight nuance in colour to suggest a indistinct meeting of sky and land on the horizon. By erasing all traces of outline the artist asks the viewer to reconsider their perceptions and memories, questioning where reality becomes imagination.

Kyung Woo Han’s ambitious multi-media installations take this idea of the boundary between truth and falsehood even further through the use of complex optical illusions. His works employ a variety of media including light installations, video and sculpture to immerse the viewer in a dreamlike dimension in which they become unsure of what is real and what is imagined. For Once Upon A Time, the artist presents new works which utilise intricate geometric patterns on either video or light installation, to perplex the eye and nearby distort objects and boundaries. Whilst Corsini’s work is a contemplative examination of memory and history, by contrast Han’s work creates a more playful and humorous response to the fallibility of the mind to be influenced by illusion.
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source: artnet

“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not believed.” – William Blake

At what point does the conscious cross over between reality and the imagined occur? The multi-dimensionality of that which is real and present is explored through the works of Vittorio Corsini and Kyung Woo Han.

Once Upon A Time is a story-telling exhibition – where the viewer begins and completes it. The physicality of the surrounding space alters through time; our ability to see beyond that often leads to the attention brought on by aspects of little significance. Therefore, the challenge of the selected works by both artists is to view the works and allow the interaction to occur on a subconscious level: taking note of both the present (as a time factor) and the presence (emphasising the space as an interactive element with the works, and subsequently the viewer); gaining a broader and overall understanding of the lapse of time; and the connection between the present’s presence with the future.

New and unseen interactive light pieces by Vittorio Corsini and video installations by Kyung Woo Han will introduce an alternative point of view on that which is called reality.
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Vittorio Corsini’s research has always focused on the concept and the ways of living, the dynamics concerning life in both domestic and public spaces and the relationships that are established between individuals inside these places. A career spanning beyond twenty years, Corsini’s work has been exhibited widely across Italy and other parts of Europe in both public spaces and museums, the most recent of which is his solo exhibition at the Museo MACRO in Rome in 2011.

His public installations are found in Pisa, Florence and Prato in Italy. The idea of landscape, both as a physical territory and as a space invested with history and memories, imprinted on the public unconscious, is also inherent to Corsini’s work. The Sul finire dell’occhio (As the Eye Comes to a Close) is a series of monochrome paintings absorbing the projected scenery.

Showcasing new works from the series, Corsini challenges the persistence of our memory and imagination, erasing all traces of outlines as the luminous glow of the coloured neon on the side adds a level of dilution to the piece, “breaking dusk into dawn”. Born in Cecina in 1956, he lives and works in Florence, Italy. “The landscape is the end of the gaze. It’s where the gaze goes to die.” – Vittorio Corsini

Kyung Woo Han is a multidisciplinary artist who employs sculpture, installation and multi-channel video to make highly sophisticated works which master optical illusion and create a sense of wonder and bewilderment in the viewer. Born in South Korea, Kyung Woo Han currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

“All the facts are relevant. People see what they want to see. One fact can be interpreted in several ways depend on our perceptions. In the opposite, two different facts can be looked the same. My work deals with perception and illusions. Everything we see or what we know is not absolute. I suggest various ways to perceive things with slightly different perspectives”. – Kyung Woo Han