Ingo Baumgarten

painting

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about the work of Ingo Baumgarten


year
author / magazine
title
language
2026 Ingo Baumgarten Statement for the work "What became of them?"
iin the exhibition “Divided Time, Connected Future”,
Odusan DMZ Observatory, Paju, Korea

English

Korean
2025 Jaein Kim, art critic Text for the exhibition "SEEN SCENE" at Gallery CDA in Seoul,
September - October 2025
English
2024 Gang Taesung,
Kia Design Magazine
Familiarity transformed into the unfamiliar, The ordinary perceived through the exotic eyes, A foreigner’s portrait of a Korean house - Ingo Baumgarten
https://kiadesignmagazine.kia.com/----/
Korean

English
2024 Kim Songah, Luxury Luxury Magazine Seoul: INGO BAUMGARTEN
Korean
2023 Biotimes.co.kr Im Soobin Gallery holds Ingo Baumgarten solo exhibition
English
2023 VISITSEOUL.net "Paintings that Peer Into The Past"
Web-publication on VISITSEOUL.net
English
2022

Suh Marip,
art critic
"4 PM",
(text for the exhibition in project space MIUM)
English
Korean
2021 Kang Juhyeon
Gallery JJ
"just painting",
text for the catalog in Gallery JJ)
English
Korean
2020 KGC Magazine "Everyday Life and Perspective, and the Beauty of Staying in Place"
Korean
/ English
2019 Ingo Baumgarten
"something behind"
(text for exhibition in United Artmuseum, Wuhan, China)
English
Ai Xiaozheng
curator of the Museum
text for the exhibition in United Art Museum, Wuhan China
Chinese
/ English
2818 Koreana Magazine:
Choi Sung-Jin
"Culture Shock from Commonality" (English edition)

"Kulturschock durch Gewöhnlichkeit" (German edition)

"Culture Shock from Commonality" (Korean edition)

English

German

Korean

2018
Ingo Baumgarten

"Passages" (English version) , text for exhibition catalog

"
Passages" (Korean version)
English

Korean
2017
Lim Sung Hoon
artcritic

Ungewöhnliche Gewöhnlichkeit –
Ingo Baumgartens Spannungsästhetik
(text for exhibition catalog)
Korean
2017

Ingo Baumgarten
artist statement English
2017

Ordinary - Magazine

"corners of Seoul -city life -Ingo Baumgarten"
(
magazine article)
Korean
2015

Sulwhasoo - Magazine

"Person without persons -- Ingo Baumgarten"
(
magazine article)

Korean
2013

Ingo Baumgarten

"Jutaek, Korean houses"
(text for exhibition catalog)
English /
Korean
2012

Ingo Baumgarten

"zu meiner Arbeit"
(artist statement)
German

Ingo Baumgarten

short artist statement

My artistic process is based on the perception of my environment- that is now Korea especially Seoul, where I live and work. I am interested in the transformations in society and the way that shows in the cityscape and in the relations of functions and appearances. In that context, the well-known landmarks and sights appear less interesting for me than exploring the usually overseen common and typical places, the backgrounds, the places behind and in-between.

My paintings display my reflections the same time as they strive for aesthetic autonomy; with compositions and colors diverting from usual seeing habits.

That shifted view might lead to sensing my views and ideas, otherwise the paintings can still be appreciated as aesthetic autonomous objects.

(2026)

Text from the Website of the Bruno David Gallery, Saint Louis MO, USA