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Step into the beautiful unknown with artist, Eun Lee.
Raised amidst rice fields, forests, and quaint little hills, the tranquility of Eun Lee’s childhood backdrop was both a refuge and a source of inspiration. Nurtured by the quiet guidance of her grandfather, a tailor with a soul as vibrant as the creations he stitched, she viewed the world as a place to be observed at her own pace.
While sitting silently under the shade of a tree overlooking the countryside, Eun often longed to roam beyond the horizon. That wish became a reality when she departed her rural home, eventually traveling the world as both an artist and a seeker of stories. Today, Eun’s paintings are imbued with layers of experience, seamlessly blending memories of landscapes with a beautiful interplay of brutality and grace.
During her time in Kurdistan, Türkiye, the resilient people Eun encountered reinforced the stark majesty of the barren mountains all around. In Nepal and India, she met two locals who, despite political upheaval and natural disasters, maintained a rare vigor while lavishing her with incredible warmth. Her paintings of pools, secret gardens, and transitional moments between dawn and dusk resonate with the emotions of landmark interactions such as these, eliciting a sense of Fernweh: a certain farsickness and a deep yearning to explore the world.
Using transparent layers of oil paint mixed with almond oil, Eun’s surfaces seem to glow from within. Underpinned by Michel Foucault’s concept of Heterotopia, these ethereal spaces function as transit points to undefinable locales that feel protected yet untouchable at the same time. Like that shaded tree of yesteryear, they offer an environment to rest and reflect upon a delicate balance of the fleeting and eternal, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the familial and the unknown.
