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Time is captured within all works of art, it is an inherent and irrevocable ingredient. However, for the artist, it is the unseen time that is perhaps most essential – the time between layers, where one sits back, allowing one coat to dry or to set, before continuing on.

This is particularly true of the work of Paul Philp and Woo Byoung Yun, whose work has time - and particularly empty time - baked into it. Working in ceramic and plaster respectively, the artist’s materials impose periods of rest and inaction upon the maker.
Woo Byoung Yun’s canvases accrue layers in much the same way as a …