Seoyoon Yi, Let’s look at the flower petals and pebbles for a long time, 2023, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 162x130.3cm ©Gallery ChosunSeoyoon Yi (b. 1992) ’s solo exhibition Bumpy Days showcases at Gallery Chosun from July 5 to August 3. Seoyoon Yi’s work is based on accidental shapes that occur while moving in front of the canvas. She paints with a brushstroke and unfamiliar colors, blurring the lines between abstract and figurative. Then, she builds her own world in the painting by searching for new shapes that she has seen in the real world or newly discovered.
In this exhibition, the artist creates small disturbances in the smooth and slippery world through her paintings. The artist takes issue with highly developed capitalism and rationalism, as well as smartphone devices that capture all phenomena on a single screen and argues that they dull our sense of the present. Thus, through painting, the artist expresses “bumpy time” to make us feel the present. Beginning with improvisational gestures, Seoyoon’s paintings trigger a sense of the moment.
In Bumpy Days, we can see paintings that offer an alternative sense of the present.
