Obangsaek: Indigo
Soluna Fine Art is pleased to present Obangsaek: Indigo, an in-depth exploration of the connections between the colour Indigo and the Korean culture. The gallery will exhibit eight artists from Korea: Choi Myoung Young, Choi Sun, Jang Young-Sook, Kim Woo Young, Kim Yongchul, Lee Kyouhong, Park Jisook, and Park Yoon-Kyung: vary in age, background and medium, the artists apply the colour indigo into their works with different intentions and motives. The exhibition title comes from the traditional Korean colour spectrum (the Five-Orientation-Colour), often seen in folk arts and traditional textile patterns, and represents the Yin-Yang and Five Elements theories. Obangsaek: Indigo starts from 27 February to 28 March, with an opening on 27 February.
The colour indigo or blue is associated with the element wood and the direction east. In the Korean flag, this colour symbolizes “Eum” or “Yin”, which is “cool, feminine” energy. The “Eum” energy is associated with the moon and is passive, yielding and receptive, which also inspired the name of this gallery Soluna (luna, moon feminine noun in Spanish). Indigo/blue is balanced by red in the Korean flag. While red represents the passionate energy of life, indigo/blue represents its opposite, silence and calming energy. This exhibition will be part of the Obangsaek Series, a series of five exhibitions aim to explore and analyze art works constructed with the Five-Orientation-Colour, all created by emerging and established Korean contemporary artists.
Kim Yongchul
Peony and Birds, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
53 × 33.4 cm
Kim Yongchul
Peony and Birds, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
72.7 × 53 cm
Jang Young-Sook
Wave #2, 2005
Acrylic on Canvas
97 x 130 cm
Park JiSook
Breeze #17, 2018
Drawing on canvas
65 x 46 cm
Park JiSook
Breeze #18, 2018
Drawing on canvas
65 x 46 cm
Park JiSook
Breeze #19, 2018
Drawing on canvas
65 x 46 cm
Choi Myoung Young
Conditional Planes S18-03, 2018
Acrylic on graph paper
55 x 78 cm
Park Yoon-Kyung
AAGMPG: Six Definitions of Love, 2017
Acrylic and painting marker on chiffon with hinges
116.8 x 80.3 x 3 cm
Lee Kyouhong
Breathing of Light 19MA03, 2009
Painting on acid etched mirror and laminated glass
90 x 90 cm
Kim Woo Young
Silverwood Terrace, 2017
Archival pigment print
Editions 1-2
130 × 92 cm
Choi Sun
Butterflies, 2014
Blue ink on canvas
211 x 95 cm