Installation view of 《Gonna Build a Mountain and Daydream》 ©P21P21
presents a solo exhibition 《Gonna Build a Mountain and
Daydream》 by artist So Young PARK, through November 9.
Her
second exhibition with the gallery features twelve new works, including a
large-scale installation, alongside smaller canvases. Through a visual language
rooted in impulse and sensation, the exhibition evokes a longing for worlds
beyond immediate experience.
The
images move fluidly between form and formlessness, becoming metaphors for
intangible emotions—water, air, and clouds—that defy clear definition. Some
areas suggest a yearning for an unreachable world or an irretrievable past,
while scattered geometric and fragmented shapes allude to temporality,
emotional detachment, and fatigue with the constructed order of civilization.
Installation view of 《Gonna Build a Mountain and Daydream》 ©P21Park
merges traditional oil painting with contemporary materials, using metallic
pigments and spray techniques to achieve tonal richness and compositional
harmony. Her unique palette—at times reminiscent of traditional Korean
hanbok—functions as a sensory device that facilitates emotional movement and
diffusion.
Her
process balances control and spontaneity: deliberate structure is overlaid with
physical interventions such as splattering and layering, capturing emotional
shifts and the unpredictable flow of material.
Installation view of 《Gonna Build a Mountain and Daydream》 ©P21《Gonna
Build a Mountain and Daydream》 proposes an imaginative
act of surrender—a release from logic and unreachable expectations. Through
layered brushstrokes and chromatic friction, Park scatters particles of emotion
that resist verbal translation, encouraging viewers to playfully engage with
them.
Her work
suggests a quiet but resilient mode of survival—one that preserves interior
movement amid the constraints of modern life.
