sangheeut presents a solo exhibition 《Home, Firefly, Preface》 by artist Hyangro Yoon, until November 15.

In this exhibition, Yoon unveils a new body of paintings that begins from the act of observing her everyday surroundings during walks—where light, time, and personal memory overlap and unfold on the canvas.

In 《Home, Firefly, Preface》, the artist unfolds the process by which everyday sensations are translated into painting, as if writing a preface to perception itself. Home represents both a point of departure and a site of memory, while Firefly evokes a painterly experiment that follows the traces and reflections of light—an intimate metaphor for recollection.

At the center of 《Home, Firefly, Preface》 are two interrelated series, ‘Pond’ and ‘River,’ where light and water coalesce and disperse. In ‘Pond,’ Yoon captures fragments of water images encountered in different places, as though scooping them gently into her hand. ‘River’ expands these captured fragments into close-up compositions, exploring both the flow of water and the sense of distance it creates.

Just as small ponds converge to form a river, the two series are connected through mutual reflection and resonance. Beyond the simple depiction of landscape, layers of time and light remain on the surface, accumulating as traces of what has passed and what is yet to fade.

The exhibition also introduces installation and sound works that expand Yoon’s painterly language. In collaboration with sound artist Jiwan Yu, a sound piece incorporates location data from Yoon’s walking routes along the river, combining them with the sounds of dawn water and footsteps to fill the exhibition space.

Within this interplay of sight and sound, the viewer encounters the sense of walking that underlies her painting process. Alongside her irregularly shaped canvases, Yoon also presents scarf-like works made from silk and glass beads. Floating between the wall and the floor like handkerchiefs dropped along the path, they remain as “paintings on another ground—a slightly tilted reality.”

For Yoon, water is a form without fixed shape yet capable of reflecting everything. Through this fluid nature, she continues to explore the essence of painting. The paintings in 《Home, Firefly, Preface》 embody both the warmth of time that has passed and the glow of light that remains, inviting viewers to encounter the moment of painting through the sensation of touch. They stand as a preface and an afterimage—rising from the boundary between memory and reality, sensation and thought.

“Home, Firefly, Preface”
2025.10.17 - 2025.11.15
Tue-Sat 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
sangheeut
30, Sinheung-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea