OPAKE and SUBLIME Present
Disintegration of Pop Culture
2025
A Large-Scale Solo Exhibition Blending Graffiti Energy and Immersive Spatial Art**
SEOUL, South Korea — SUBLIME, a global Art × Tech studio bridging international artists and spatial design, proudly presents a major solo exhibition in collaboration with London-based artist OPAKE (Ed Worley) titled “Disintegration of Pop Culture.”
The exhibition reimagines OPAKE’s iconic visual language—repetitive cartoon deconstruction, explosive compositions, and graffiti-infused motion—through a site-specific installation designed by SUBLIME. Held in an industrial-style large gallery space, the project brought together more than twenty large-scale works, live graffiti performance, and a custom metallic installation that transformed the venue into a fully immersive environment.
A Global Artist Reinterpreting the Collapse of Pop Culture
OPAKE is internationally recognized for merging graffiti aesthetics with pop art and raw personal narrative. After overcoming addiction and psychological struggles, the artist translated his experience into a visual framework he describes as the “Disintegration of Pop Culture.”
By fragmenting familiar cartoon characters into overlapping, multiplying forms, OPAKE exposes the emotional loops, compulsive patterns, and chaotic mental states hidden beneath modern entertainment imagery.
The November 2024 exhibition marked one of OPAKE’s most comprehensive showcases in Asia to date.
Exhibition Highlights
1. 20+ Large-Scale Paintings
Dynamic compositions of iconic characters deconstructed into dense, rhythmical clusters.
2. SUBLIME’s Signature Metallic Installation
A custom-built curved metal structure functioning as both sculpture and navigational path, expanding the artwork’s energy into three-dimensional space.
3. On-Site Graffiti Performance
OPAKE performed live tagging on structural panels inside the gallery, turning the entire venue into an evolving canvas.
4. Exclusive Art Toy Collection
A special display of the artist’s Dark Side Mouse collectibles and limited-edition packaging presented as part of the exhibition narrative.
Media Coverage & Industry Response
The exhibition drew notable attention from Korean media, including Gukje News, Startup Today, and News Free Zone, which emphasized:
The innovative model of collaboration between a global artist and a Korean Art × Tech studio
SUBLIME’s capability in spatial storytelling and installation production
OPAKE’s unique ability to reinterpret popular culture through contemporary visual abstraction
This cross-border project has been recognized as a new direction for Korea’s emerging art-tech ecosystem.
A New Framework for International Art Collaboration
Through this exhibition, SUBLIME reinforced its position as a next-generation creative studio specializing in:
Immersive spatial design
Installation-based storytelling
Artist collaboration across borders
Bridging the gap between fine art, pop culture, and contemporary audience engagement
“Disintegration of Pop Culture” stands as a defining example of SUBLIME’s mission:
to expand artistic vision through technology, and to transform spaces into experiential narratives.
PRESS COVERAGE
The OPAKE × SUBLIME exhibition “Disintegration of Pop Culture” received extensive national media coverage across major Korean outlets. A total of nine articles featured the project, highlighting SUBLIME's spatial installation design, the artist’s unique visual language, and the significance of global artist collaboration within the Korean art-tech ecosystem.
• Gukje News – https://www.gukjenews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2856788
• Startup Today – https://www.startuptoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=149430
• News Free Zone – https://www.newsfreezone.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=528048
• Global Epic – https://www.globalepic.co.kr/view.php?ud=2023111315421646879aeda69934_29
• The First Media – https://www.thefirstmedia.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=131710
• TV Daily – https://www.tvdaily.co.kr/read.php3?aid=16998628351692155016
• MHNS – https://www.mhns.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=566200
• DailySecu – https://www.dailysecu.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=151184
• DailyPop – https://www.dailypop.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=73200