Through his works, Kwak Soo Young invites the audience to plunge into abstract landscapes where nature intertwines with the imagination. The artist encourages the viewer to use his or her eyes to understand the work, first with the eyes, then with the memory frequently triggered by images familiar to all.
In Kwak Soo Young's canvases, each color seems to breathe its own life, vibrating to the rhythm of an organic world in constant metamorphosis. The artist finds his inspiration between the streets of Paris and the horizons of Seoul, where he lives and creates. His early artistic career was marked by an exploration of oil painting with a more academic and classical approach.
The magic of his work lies in his technique, in the alchemy of colors and gestures. Kwak Soo Young patiently superimposes layers of paint, letting them dry and melt into one another. Then, like some alchemist of the canvas, he enters into a dance with his creations, incising, scraping, revealing the strata hidden beneath the surface to bring out the light. In this act of revelation, the artist invites us to explore the interior, to plunge into the very essence of painting.
In Kwak Soo Young's new exhibition "The Praise of Silence", these worlds come together and intermingle brilliantly. His works propose a dynamic dialogue between the macrocosm and the microcosm. The abstract landscapes seem to reflect the primordial energies that have shaped our universe, while the cathedral's interior represents man's inner quest to understand these mysteries.
This double meaning invites us to meditate on the depths of existence, on the invisible forces that animate our world and on our own inner journey towards knowledge and transcendence. It's an exploration of the enigmas of creation, a celebration of the creative and foundational energies that surround us, both in the external world and in the innermost recesses of our being.
