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1. Black Atomic Hybrid Space 2. Connecting Human Paintings
His passion for cycling that began in the early 1990s is largely responsible for him doing the things that have led to his producing art today. He used to cycle around the cities he has lived in for work and post stickers that he made himself at each destination. His initial motive for doing this resembled that of tagging, a type of graffiti where the graffitist leaves his personal "tag" on a wall in spray-paint that screams, "I was here!" Moerman, however, together with his friends began producing his own stickers in a proper studio, drawing lines on adhesive paper with marker pens. This experience set him off on an exploration of the lines that he loves so much.
It is not surprising therefore that Moerman who so likes to contemplate the "transformation of the soul" and "lines" has in recent years acquired an interest in East Asia and Japan in particular. Since his first visit to Japan in 2005, Moerman has returned several times to study avidly not only traditional culture such as calligraphy and Buddhist thought but also the culture of modern Japan that includes manga and anime. In 2009, he spent several weeks in Shanghai for a solo exhibition for which he produced the work locally.
For this exhibition, which marks the first time he has exhibited work in South Korea, he will stay in Busan for several weeks to produce drawings and wall paintings using stickers that will cover the walls of first floor of the art museum. Moerman's lines running wild and free across the surface of the walls will organically tie together all the exhibition spaces in the museum and all the people who visit it.
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