Oil on canvas
27 x 35 cm
Unique Works
Frame not included
Signature: unsigned
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In everyday life, I first trace the surfaces of common objects with a pencil, and then overlay them with oil paint. After transferring this image onto the canvas, I spread it out as if stroking it with a brush. Through this repetitive process of transcription and transformation, it reveals that mundane objects, which we usually overlook, contain multiple layers. On the surface, they may appear as simple patterns, but within them lie traces of time, the tactile quality of materials, and the physical gestures of tracing, all superimposed to form a new image. This allows us to encounter the moment when familiar objects are transformed into unfamiliar textures.
South Korea, b. 2000
Park HyeYoung, based in Seoul, works on translating the small, often overlooked moments of everyday life or easily forgotten sensations into painting. She is interested in the process of capturing what is invisible or has disappeared and leaving it on the canvas, using painting as a tool to restore memory and record sensory experience. Her practice does not merely reproduce objects; rather, it leaves space for viewers to perceive them in different ways through their own experiences and perspectives. By layering fragments of familiar landscapes or emotions on the surface, she explores how personal experiences can connect to social contexts. The things she wishes to restore inevitably carry a desire not to lose or forget them, and through the repeated process of stroking and attending to the canvas with a brush, this emotional impulse is also revived. The focus is not on reproduction, but on restoring the value that a scene or object holds for her. Resisting, in a quiet manner, the singular truth that nothing is eternal, she captures elements that tend to evaporate around us and transforms them into perceptible forms.