Kwak Hye-young South Korean, b. 1982
Seeing the Sound of Rain 0929, 2021
Rain fallen porcelain clay with mixed media. Metal backboard
H 75 x W 41 x D 3.5 cm x 2
The artworks are exhibited at the European Cultural Centre for their Venice Biennale exhibition until the 29th of November 2022, please ask for any further information. Working with Blue Kwak...
The artworks are exhibited at the European Cultural Centre for their Venice Biennale exhibition until the 29th of November 2022, please ask for any further information.
Working with Blue
Kwak Hye-young is an abstract ceramic artist who uses blue to ‘record’ the rain in her ceramic works. The artist prepares canvas-like porcelain boards, using cobalt mixed with dark pigments. As the raindrops land and combine, they form rivulets, pools and washes - these movements are all caught by the mixed media and clay. Kwak maintains that the works are created by nature, and she is merely a collaborator who enables but does not interrupt or affect the creation process. Kwak sees this as her meditational practice towards acceptance. The exhibition will include her latest work - a large wall installation that was presented at the European Cultural Centre at Venice Biennale 2022.
Working with Blue
Kwak Hye-young is an abstract ceramic artist who uses blue to ‘record’ the rain in her ceramic works. The artist prepares canvas-like porcelain boards, using cobalt mixed with dark pigments. As the raindrops land and combine, they form rivulets, pools and washes - these movements are all caught by the mixed media and clay. Kwak maintains that the works are created by nature, and she is merely a collaborator who enables but does not interrupt or affect the creation process. Kwak sees this as her meditational practice towards acceptance. The exhibition will include her latest work - a large wall installation that was presented at the European Cultural Centre at Venice Biennale 2022.