Chae Sung Pil
Magna Gallery Paris, located at 25 rue de Beaune, 75007 Paris, has chosen to include Korean artist Chae Sung Pil in its permanent program. The singular work of this major contemporary artist unfolds through the use of earth as his primary material. By working with this original material, both humble and universal, he constructs a unique pictorial language referring to the force of natural phenomena. The power and elegance of waves, outcropping rocks, or geysers: his monochrome subjects, delicately composed using a technique of superimposed planes and drips, transcend cultural boundaries and offer a visual experience imbued with spirituality.
Born in South Korea, Chae Sung Pil developed an intimate relationship with nature from the very beginning. His artistic approach is not simply to represent the landscape, but to capture its very essence. To achieve this, he collects earths, transforms them into pigments, and then mixes them with water to create pictorial surfaces of rare depth. These patiently prepared materials are applied in successive layers which, once dry, reveal reliefs, transparencies, and textures of remarkable intensity.
This approach lends Chae Sung Pil's work a poetic and metaphysical dimension. His canvases evoke distant horizons, landscapes suspended in time, where earthly matter becomes both memory and projection. The artist does not seek to fix an image, but to reveal the secret movement of nature, its constant transformation. Each composition thus becomes a meditation on time, on the ephemeral, and on our profound connection with the elements.
Hoon Moreau
Magna Paris Gallery welcomes Franco-Korean artist Hoon Moreau to its permanent catalogue, a resolutely hybrid figure straddling design, sculpture, and material poetry. By including her work among its references, the gallery confirms its commitment to fostering dialogue between innovative creators, on the border between functional art and pure expression, and to providing lasting visibility to bold artistic approaches.
The matter
Hoon Moreau's approach goes beyond the purely visual dimension: it is sensual and sensory, inviting the viewer to feel the vibration of a worked material, to perceive the play of shadow and light, the echoes of polished or rough surfaces. Each piece dialogues with the space that hosts it, modulating the atmosphere and extending the reflection on the nature of the object in our daily lives.
The inclusion of Hoon Moreau in the permanent collection of Galerie Magna Paris is part of an editorial strategy aimed at offering enthusiasts and collectors lasting access to powerful artistic voices. Under the curation of Mignon Yu and the direction of Arnaud Pagnier, Emmanuel de Boisset, and Rodrigue Naucelles, the gallery affirms its role as a conduit and a revealer, capable of placing unique works in time and on the stage of a renewed cultural dialogue between Korea and France.
Aeri Lee
The inclusion of Hoon Moreau in the permanent collection of Galerie Magna Paris is part of an editorial strategy aimed at offering enthusiasts and collectors lasting access to powerful artistic voices. Under the curation of Mignon Yu and the direction of Arnaud Pagnier, Emmanuel de Boisset, and Rodrigue Naucelles, the gallery affirms its role as a conduit and a revealer, capable of placing unique works in time and on the stage of a renewed cultural dialogue between Korea and France.
