Exhibition Walkthrough – Bek Hyunjin: Seoul Syntax at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Exhibition Walkthrough – Bek Hyunjin: Seoul Syntax at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Saturday, July 12, 2025
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
1010 N Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
3-4:30pm PT

Join us for a special exhibition walkthrough of Seoul Syntax with artist Bek Hyunjin on Saturday, July 12 at 3PM. The exhibition is on view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery until August 29th.

Korean multidisciplinary artist and musician Bek Hyunjin introduces his gestural and poetic practice to Los Angeles for the first time with Seoul Syntax, on view July 12 through August 29, 2025. The exhibition is hosted by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery and organized by PKM Gallery.

Bek Hyunjin was born in Seoul and has lived and worked there for over 50 years. While the city has remained a constant in his life, Seoul itself is always changing and evolving. Both systematic and variable, the city is a juxtaposition of both stability and insecurity in Bek’s life. Seoul Syntax translates the artist’s experiences of his hometown – the emotions, thoughts, and sensations rooted in this place – to the city of Los Angeles.

Syntax refers to the structure and order of language, as well as the relationship between signs and their meanings – rife with slippages and misalignments. Across painting, installation, sound, and performance, Bek Hyunjin’s work captures Seoul’s chaotic and restless patterns, mapping its unique rhythms and structures.