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 Mainly known for their music,
the WINNER bandmates will showcase their art,
alongside fellow K-pop singer Henry Lau, at the
START Art Fair, held at the Saatchi Gallery and
coinciding with the famed Frieze Art Week.
"Music tells a story, whether it’s of a happy
ending or a sad ending, there seems to be a
clear-cut ending," rapper Song, who is mainly
known by his stage name MINO, told Reuters.
"In art, each painting has different
characterization but it feels like there’s
always an open ending and it makes people think
a lot."
The 28-year old, who first started painting with
acrylic colours in his early 20s, made his
public debut as a painter in 2019 at an
exhibition in Seongnam. He will present a
selection of paintings, including a
self-portrait of a dark figure surrounded by
colourful balloons, in London.
"I wanted to conceal the subject (myself), so
(that part is) really dark," he said. "Bright
colours make you feel happy ... with that
contrast, I wanted to express complexity."
MINO and Kang, a singer, songwriter and producer
known as KANG SEUNG YOON, present their artworks
under the names Ohnim and Yoo yeon respectively.
Kang will showcase black and white photographs
taken during various trips.
"Because of our fandom and fame, I think we
introduce a lot of people who weren’t interested
in art to the world of art," he said.
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 "Our art or photography
shouldn’t be meaningless. That’s why I want to
express my feelings in my work ... (A song) is
usually three minutes and ... I have to
implicitly express all these things in that
timing. But I can take a photograph whenever I
want, however I want." Joining
them in London will be Canada-born singer,
musician and actor Lau, who took up pendulum
painting last year and will display five
artworks.
"Like my musical performances, what I did was I
actually thought about the location, picking my
paints, what I was going to use, my canvas, just
every little thing," he said.
"I'd wanted to make it sort of like an entire
performance, but like a performance, no matter
how much you practise and prepare there were
some unexpected things that happened."
Lau said examples of this included unplanned
droplets of pink paint in artwork "Starry".
Asked about balancing art with music, the
classically-trained violinist said: "I'm ...
just trying to do these two as much as possible.
I think that's what's really helping me get
through these times."
(Reporting by Minwoo Park in Seoul and
Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London; Additional
reporting by Daewoung Kim; Writing by
Marie-Louise Gumuchian)
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