The 3rd Individual Exhibition of Youngjeong Oh
Dual Perspectives on Things That Are Not Seen
Are the meanings in images purely superficial?
How deep do the ¡®unseen layers¡¯ of ¡®seen images¡¯ go?
We see images. Meaning is given to those images.
The story that the ¡®seen¡¯ images tell come in different forms according to the depth of the ¡®unseen¡® layers.
We create meanings all the time, without perceiving the hidden side of the ¡®seen¡¯ images.
We see things through our eyes, because of this, the meaning of the unseen layers often go unnoticed in our conscious minds.
These lost meanings live on in our subconscious and reveal themselves in the presence of an emotional catalyst.
Like a poem, we add a richer meaning to the unseen and it may overwhelm us or cause us to look away.
Every emotion we feel during every moment in the day,
the ideas that are expanded upon by these emotions are important factors in my work.
Therefore, it is unnecessary to explain the themes in my work, they are found everywhere, embedded in our lives,
yet difficult to take out. They are stories we know, live out, and feel because we are human.
In a piece of art, there are images that are seen and there are things that are hidden. The same is true in people.
There are images that are seen and things that are hidden. Art may be people, and people may be art. If you find yourself in front of
a piece of art, the thing in front of you may be something you know or don¡¯t know. It may even be yourself. Seeing is not an isolated
sense, but a synesthetic communion. I want to express this in my work.
In my 3rd individual exhibition, I wanted to focus on the ¡®fear¡¯ in our subconscious hidden beyond the superficial images.
Even though we may not be alone, we waver, get discouraged, feel sad, lethargic and afraid, and then we hope and dream.
I believe the process of this emotional change starts with our subconscious ¡®fear.¡¯
We ask of ourselves the discord we feel when we inhale and exhale.
We feel the weight of the responsibility for the choices we make to escape from fear.
Until our conscious mind stops functioning, the waves and depths of our emotions are like a perpetual canon, unending and unseen.
By having multiple perspectives on the ¡®seen¡¯ and ¡®unseen,¡® it is possible to use paintings to express ¡®things that are not in the paintings.¡¯
You are not just pulling something from a fog, but you are looking at the world within the real world.
It will help you look more honestly at yourself.
Every psychological battle in the works asks us to look into our conscious-subconscious emotions,
to focus on the ¡®unseen¡¯ and to look within ourselves.