“CHEON SAN SU MONG” Installation view ©P21So Young PARK (b. 1971) is currently showing “CHEON SAN SU MONG” at P21 Gallery in Yongsan-gu from February 17 to April 1. The exhibition features 11 works that visualize the relationship between nature, humans, and natural objects, as well as phenomenal events.
In the artist’s works, color reveals its presence and the boundaries of form disappear. Whether it is a pre-civilized landscape or a landscape at the end of time is unknown, and the works shimmer like the surface of an unnamed star. The artist says, “I was very curious about what civilization looked like before it existed or after its destruction. Under this theme, I visualized worlds that do not exist in reality, but where humans and nature mix.”
The works do not constitute distinct objects but look like living creatures, still life, or evoke supernatural landscapes. Although the artist has her own intentions and concepts, her work is based on the unconscious, so how the viewer feels is much more important than her intentions.
So Young PARK studied fine art at the University of the Arts Berlin, Germany, where she received her Meister Schuler from Professor Daniel Richter. She lives in Berlin and has been working internationally for over 20 years and is currently active in Korea and Germany.
