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In Phantom Rooms, the elusive nature of material and immaterial possessions is laid bare, offering a profound examination of the ways in which objects and spaces imprint themselves upon us. The exhibition brings together the works of Yoo Geun-Taek, Xi’an Kim, Kyungmi Shin, and Lily Wong, whose artistic practices engage with notions of lineage, colonization, and the intimate connections between cultural memory and material culture. Drawing from the tradition of Chaekgeori—Korean still-life paintings of books and objects—the artists reinterpret these age-old contemplations, exploring both the …