A collaborative work by SaturnBath Co., Ltd. and col.l.age+ (col.l.age+, artists Jang Seung-hyo and Kim Yong-min) is on display at 'Geeks in Wonderland; Geek Zone,' held at the K Museum of Contemporary Art through July 8.
This exhibition comprises around 30 artists and a total of some 400 works, presenting a diverse range of genres including painting, sculpture, installation, video, and spatial design. In particular, the exhibition's theme, 'Geeks in Wonderland; Geek Zone,' projects the motifs of 'art for everyone,' 'an exhibition where anyone can become an artist,' and 'art that can be universally enjoyed and appreciated' onto the figure of the 'geek.' By approaching a difficult subject through the lens of an offbeat universality, the exhibition reaches out to the public in a more comfortable and accessible way.
The main artists of this exhibition are Jang Seung-hyo and Kim Yong-min of 'col.l.age+,' who collaborated with SaturnBath and, based on collage techniques, designed objects that can be easily seen in everyday life. They previously presented collaborative works together with SaturnBath at the '2018 Hotel Fair' held this past March.
The products SaturnBath presents on this occasion include the 'TV TUB,' 'Organik,' a 'freestanding washbasin,' and an 'engineered marble mirror,' which stand out not only for their bathroom functionality but also for their artistic value.
In particular, the 'TV-Tub' and 'Organik' are products created through a collaboration between SaturnBath and Karim Rashid, one of the 'world's three leading industrial designers,' and are popular products with a track record of being supplied to and sold by various institutions and media outlets.
col.l.age+ applied unique and vivid colors to bathtub products with their graceful and appealing forms.
SaturnBath developed a total of four products for this collaboration: Karim Rashid's TV-Tub and Organik washbasin, along with a freestanding washbasin and an engineered marble mirror designed in-house by SaturnBath.
All of the products are designed in modern, simple forms, possessing not only design excellence but also a high level of craftsmanship, as they are completed through the handmade work of artisans. In addition, by improving upon the inconvenient installation methods of conventional built-in bathtubs, they offer the advantages of few site constraints and a hygienic, consistently clean installation that does not require the use of silicone.
SaturnBath explained, "This exhibition holds significance in presenting the bathroom—a residential space—as a healing space and an artistic space. As the company that established Korea's first bathroom research institute and has led Korea's bathroom culture, SaturnBath has read the changing consumer market environment surrounding perceptions of residential space and, as part of proposing a revolution in bathroom space aligned with shifts in living environments and culture, offers this vision."