CHAE HYESUN
- Introduction of Artist
- At first glance, Chae Hye Sun’s artwork featuring Loongky, a Bedlington Terrier with expressive face and cute gestures, seems just like a happy fairy tale world. However, when you see his dragging deflated balloons, hesitating to diving into the sea, or receiving a birthday food that was nothing special, it makes you feel ironic.
Chae Hye Sun records her daily emotions and thoughts as if she were writing a diary through the eyes of her pet Loongky. By painting the world seen by a dog, she expresses her heart through the pet she loves the most, moreover, she looks into herself through Loongky, who is similar in personality to her. Loongky is her persona.
The birch forest, which often appears in her artworks, stretches gracefully towards the ideal. This means the vast world that the timid and shy Loongky encounters every day. Loongky meets his friends and forms relationships by giving them balloons and cotton candy. Balloons, lollipops, and cotton candy in Chae Hye Sun's artworks represent hope and disappointment at the same time, and are elements that represent indispensable dualities like light and darkness. We can see excitement through Loongky holding a full balloon, but feel sympathy as he drags the deflated balloon back. Somehow, it's just like looking at us.
We, who live our daily lives, sometimes dream of unrealistic grand dreams and hope for good fortune. Like Loongky dreaming, one day we can become a national representative astronaut and become a superman who freely flies in the sky. When it comes to birthdays, we are filled with expectation that something special will happen, but most birthdays we celebrate are just another day that is not too different from yesterday.
American painter, Jasper Johns said, ‘Painting is something that allows us to look at everyday life in a new way’. Even phenomena that are not new can be seemed differently through the artworks. Chae Hye Sun warmly depicts the daily life where expectations and discouragement coexist with her artworks through the eyes of Loongky. Wouldn't the meaning of a life that seems grandiose also lie in our ordinary daily life and our relationship with someone who stands by our side? Discover a new aspect of everyday life through Chae Hye Sun’s artworks.
Chae Hye Sun graduated from the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. Starting with Gallery Is in 2016, she held 8 solo exhibitions at Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art and Banyan Tree Hotel, 15 group exhibitions at Seoul Arts Center and Jinsan Gallery, and participated in numerous art fairs in Hong Kong and Spain. Her artworks are owned by leading institutions such as KT&G, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and the National Assembly Library, and she is currently actively working as a residency artist at the Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art.
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