Is there a reason bonsai is never missing and always placed alongside every exhibition at Atelier AECHAE 아틀리에 애채?
Because after visiting the exhibition space in the city center, I saw bonsai of different shapes always placed next to the artworks no matter what project was being held.
Atelier AECHAE has a principle of completing a complex cultural space where plants and Korean art harmonize by placing bonsai side by side in every exhibition.
When you enter the exhibition space in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul, you will encounter a scene where bonsai of different shapes are placed side by side next to the artworks on the walls[1]. Atelier AECHAE consistently maintains the composition of arranging bonsai together in every exhibition it plans[2].
Generally, bonsai is a field of horticulture that expresses the forms of nature and the four seasons by cultivating trees over a long period within the limited environment of a pot. While carrying on Korean traditional techniques, Atelier AECHAE selects bonsai with distinct individualities and places them as equals facing Korean art and craft works[3][4].
The intention to reinterpret traditional art and bonsai with a modern sensibility so that they permeate everyday life is embedded in the exhibition method itself[5]. hmmm, by placing living trees that sprout leaves and change with each season beside stationary artworks, this approach helps visitors feel both the breath of nature and art at the same time even inside an urban gallery.
The specific criteria for selecting the tree species or shapes of bonsai to be placed alongside according to the exhibition theme have not yet been confirmed.