Still Life XXXVIII

Yeon Kyung Park’s atmospheric paintings evoke the fleeting nature of memory and sensation, translating the ephemeral into soft, luminous compositions. Through diffuse colors and delicate edges, she captures the intangible—half-remembered moments that drift between consciousness and fading recollection.

For Park, painting is  ...(more)

Yeon Kyung Park’s atmospheric paintings evoke the fleeting nature of memory and sensation, translating the ephemeral into soft, luminous compositions. Through diffuse colors and delicate edges, she captures the intangible—half-remembered moments that drift between consciousness and fading recollection.

For Park, painting is an act of uncovering, a way to trace the unconscious and give form to emotions and experiences that might otherwise go unnoticed. Each work is an archive of personal memory, offering both artist and viewer a quiet space for introspection. By embracing abstraction, Park invites us into a world where perception dissolves, allowing for new connections to emerge in the ever-shifting landscape of the mind.

Park speaking about her practice:

“My pieces are my unconscious painting archives. They would be things, experiences and moments I’ve encountered that hold the memories and emotions that I couldn’t recognize at that time. Sometimes it can be expressed as abstract but those are the most important methods to express what's on my mind. Unconsciousness is an area of my inner self that I can’t realize. I find traces of unconsciousness delicately, I gain new experiences through steps of expressing them into art so I believe everything has a connection. I experience freedom of the unconscious and find things in my mind through painting. I give them the chance to think about the relationship of myself and the object itself through the pieces. Through this, my pieces give me new insight and experiences. And I hope that my pieces can be a source of freedom of the unconscious and sharing experiences.”