Art Jakarta 2019
August 30 - September 1 |
Unrealistic space, Magical_Fabric, Oil on canvas_33.5x22.8cm_2018
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YOO Hawsu (1989~)
Artist Yoo Hwasu’s works were conceived from her desire to escape from her complexities, negative thoughts, insecurities, and vacant mind to somewhere she can settle down and feel safe. The artist transitions from the reality to an unrealistic world through the act of “painting a picture.” She creates a new world by breaking away from the various parts composing her life such as repetitive life, habitual behaviors, and unreasonable situations. Her work is a representation of an imaginary world dreaming of a Utopia – a non-existent world filled with narcissistic fantasy. Her act of overlaying ‘painting’ and ‘objects (fabrics)’ is her expression of the subjective mind, fiction, and illusions which become the core of creating her virtual world. The images and materials reflecting her personal experiences and the realities have been subjectively interpreted and modified on the canvas to portray an unrealistic imaginary world. The flowers, words and children within her works are tools to signify the Utopia she envisions. The young boys and girls travelling in search of amusement and pleasure are disguises of people exhausted from the numerous schemes and perceptions forced upon in reality. The wild flowers and plants although beautiful appear artificial and lifeless. In other words, everything depicted inside the artist’s works are mere shells of objects, devoid of meaning and life. Kookmin University M.F.A in painting Dankook University B.F.A in painting Solo Exhibition 2018 Fragrance of Botanical Garden, Art Hall FESH, Seoul Unrealistic space, Mods Gallery, Seoul YooHwaSu landscape, Gallery Sai, Seoul Group exhibition 2018 New Wave Code 10, Cheonanartscenter, Ccheonana 10-100Ten thousand won, Happy picture exhibition, gallerymac, Busan Spring & Spring, galleryleebae, Busan Room. 021, public Gallery, Seoul 2017 Asyaaf, ddp, seoul 2016 BLOOMY ART FAIR 2016, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon This is not the mother goose, 4LOG art space, Seoul Asyaaf, ddp, seoul 2015 Asyaaf, seloul284, seoul Keeping Quiet, JJ Joong Jung Gallery, seoul 2014 Still me Steal me, aA design museum, seoul Global Drawing Interface Archive, cyartgallery, seoul Asyaaf, seloul284, seoul / Wild flower world & Mustang hunting, Kookmin art gallery, seoul 2013 The plant’s private life, ujungartcenter, seoul Asyaaf, seloul284, seoul 2012 “given to fly”, topohaus, seoul “NEO-PAX”, leehyungartcenter, seoul Sublime to mundane, dankookmuseum, yongin Sublime to mundane, ligak museum, cheonan 2011 Dankook uni. B.F.A thesis exhibition, dukwongallery, seoul La fleur de coree, galerie 89, France, Art fair 2018 Daeguartfair, Venue Exco 1F, Daegu Art TAIPEI, World Trade Center, Exhibition Hall 1, Taipei Art Jakarta, Grand Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Indonesia Art Busan, bexco, Busan Harbour, 12/F Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong 2017 China International Gallery Exposition, National Agriculture Exhibition Center Exhibition Hall 11, Beijing Art Jakarta, Grand Ballroom, The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place, Indonesia Art Busan, bexco (Exhibition Center 1)55, Busan Harbour, 7/F Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong 2016 Affordable, F1 pit building, 1 Republic Boulevard, Singapore Keeping Quiet, JJ Joong Jung Gallery, seoul |