vak san a solo exhibition Installation view at Gallery 175 ©Aproject CompanyGallery 175 will feature solo exhibition by artist vak san a, from August 17 to September 2.
The works in the exhibition originated from dreams. The artist reveals that for a while, the artist immersed in the landscapes of her dreams, feeling liberated. But real-life events soon exceeded the sensation of dreams. From bugs on the windows of convenience stores to unrealistic and frightening floods, and false air-riad siren at dawn, reality became a stranger world than dreams. Therefore, the artist began to move away from dreams and paint landscapes of everyday disasters.
The paintings in the exhibition are reminiscent of street scenes that we have encountered in our daily lives, but the figures in these landscapes are depicted in reversed colors with mushy shapes that appear to have melted or decayed. The figures in < Ornament > (2023) are volatilized and gradually disappear as if they have been caught in a fire or a violent storm.
The weird scenes of everyday life in vak san a’s paintings resemble our emotions in the face of repeated disasters.
