Sublimated into 'Rhythms of Color'… 'Traces of Memory' Layered Through Brushstrokes

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Traces of existence remaining in past memories unfold as rhythms of color. By layering colors through repetitive brushstrokes, the artist confronts the depth of the inner self.

Here is the exhibition news, reported by Lee Joo-sang.

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[Space & Memory — Abstract Expression of Emotion and Color / Through July 31 / Gallery Marie]

Thick, short brushstrokes fill the canvas.

Each brushstroke serves as a trace of a memory that once remained from a fleeting moment long ago.

The white clouds left behind by an airplane cutting through the blue sky, or a boat on the horizon where the red sunset spreads.

These are moments when overflowing emotions were filtered by time and purified by the soul, remaining as rhythms of color.

[Hwang Chan-soo / Artist: Memory can be described as an individual's history, edited by layering personal emotions onto actual events that occurred.]

The concise brushstrokes extend horizontally and vertically, expanding the space.

[Hwang Chan-soo / Artist: While space can be expanded outward—left, right, up, or down—I believe one cannot enter inward. Therefore, to enter inward, one must express depth.]

In that process, the colors layered one upon another penetrate the inner self of existence and reconstruct the layers of memory.

As if memory and oblivion, creation and extinction are intersecting, the process of painting over and erasing allows colors to collide, permeate, and sink into an infinite space.

[Hwang Chan-soo / Artist: I believe that by painting, covering, and erasing, I am encountering myself. Therefore, the act of erasing is not truly about removal, but rather a process of leaving behind what is necessary.]

The short, repetitive brushstrokes, performed with the attitude of a seeker, serve as a process of summoning—and visually concretizing—memories, recollections, and emotions that are all the more desperate and nostalgic because they can never be revisited.

Through this feast of color, a sensory journey unfolds, allowing viewers to confront the depth of memory, space, and existence that transcends time.

(Video Editing: Kim Jong-mi, VJ: Oh Se-kwan)
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