In a world where hyperconnectivity has taken away the sense of personal and physical intimacy between two people, South Korean born New York-based artist Gahee Park takes it to the canvas to deliver a message in the exhibition We Used to be Fish. Being brought up by a conservative family in a then-socially restrictive and conformist South Korea, Park is inspired to create scenes that are not affected by a feeling of imbued stigma and guilt. Her pastel paintings are seen depicting domesticated couples in their most intimate while not being explicitly carnal. In her paintings, not a single electronic device is seen allowing for true intimacy that is the satisfaction of the senses and the flesh to be at the fore of her works.
In a world where hyperconnectivity has taken away the sense of personal and physical intimacy between two people, South Korean born New York-based artist Gahee Park takes it to the canvas to deliver a message in the exhibition We Used to be Fish. Being brought up by a conservative family in a then-socially restrictive and conformist South Korea, Park is inspired to create scenes that are not affected by a feeling of imbued stigma and guilt. Her pastel paintings are seen depicting domesticated couples in their most intimate while not being explicitly carnal. In her paintings, not a single electronic device is seen allowing for true intimacy that is the satisfaction of the senses and the flesh to be at the fore of her works.