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the angel’s share
Experience the echoes of natural renewal with artist, Haeryun.
Haeryun recounts observing a neglected, dying tree in an urban forest that seemed to match the instability of her life. By placing naphthalene at the tree’s base, she set in motion a process of sublimation and metaphorical purification that spanned the four seasons. Drawing a parallel to winemaking, Haeryun muses upon the Angel’s Share, the portion of wine that evaporates during aging. This loss, though seemingly negative, is a natural and quintessential facet of creating something even more spectacular over time.
Haeryun’s early travels in Australia left an indelible mark. She still remembers one Australian man’s sincere affection for a local mountain, an articulation which kindled an appreciation for the natural world she had long taken for granted. Growing up in Ulsan, an industrial city in South Korea, Haeryun witnessed landscapes dominated by construction and development. Her residency in Shangsu, China, in 2018, further amplified her concerns regarding rapid urbanization. In paintings such as Echoes in the Forest, she draws attention to those areas where nature thrives in the face of human encroachment, paying tribute to Mother Earth’s enduring, albeit fragile capacity for resilience and renewal.
In her solo exhibition Roots and Wings, Haeryun explored the linguistic and geographical connections between human psychology and nature’s everyday rhythms by naming pieces after traditional villages, such as Cheonyeo Gogae (Maiden’s Pass) and Pungsan (Abundant Mountain). Her contrasting use of movement and dots highlights the interconnectedness of life’s varying speeds and flows, detaching from the complexities of modern times and reassembling sublime moments of realization and inner peace embedded within the natural and cultural landscapes of our lives.
