Jong Oh returns to MARC STRAUS with luminous new sculptural dialogues

MARC STRAUS is presenting THE EARTH IS FLAT, the sixth solo exhibition of Seoul-based artist Jong Oh. Since his last exhibition at MARC STRAUS in 2021, Jong Oh has had numerous international exhibitions, including site-specific installations at the Choi Man Lin Museum, the Busan Art Museum, Kimsechoong Museum, and The National Asian Culture Center. In each instance he responded to the unique space, its windows, hallways, and light. And yet, his work is never intended to belong to a single, specific, place. Rather, for Oh, his process also entails a dialogue between himself and the space in which his works are created, where each completed sculpture serves as a record of this conversation. Over the years, Oh’s use of materials has expanded. Starting in 2023 he began to add light fixtures and objects such as marbles to his ensemble of string, wire, and sheets of plexiglas. The series on view in this exhibition are categorized into three main groups, Line Sculptures, Folding Drawings