갤러리보이드

우영지 개인전

습기를 머금은 아사천 위에 묽은 먹물을 올린다. 물길을 따라 번진 자연스러운 얼룩 위로 켜켜이 쌓아 올린 색들은 먹색 속으로 아늑하게 스며들어 본연의 소란함을 내려놓는다. 그렇게 평면 위에 층층이 쌓이는 정적(靜寂)은 공(空)의 순간이자, 평정의 시간이며 가장 깊은 고요의 기록이다.

- 우영지

형상을 통해 드러나되 형상에 갇히지 않고, 

고요 속에서 만물이 일어나는,

존재의 근원적 충만함에 이르는,

‘허정 삼매(Samādhi)’적 회화의 가능성, 이를 ‘사마타’를 통해 본다.

- 황빛나(아트시냅스 총괄디렉터)

Artist

Statement

by Elena Youngji Woo

I believe that creating art is a journey.

While I enjoy my art, I can escape from my real life and travel to a new world.

My journey starts in stillness.

In a world full of aesthetic voices, I need to choose to step away from the noise.

In order to immerse myself in art, I don’t need to escape my life. A perfect tranquility helps me to fall into my art.

If I’m surrounded by nature that I can observe, I’d be more than happy.

On the canvas, I capture each moment, blending colors as if weaving silence.

After I spend enough time observing my subject,

I accumulate the moments of the space. I pick up colors, get colors, and apply the colors on the canvas. I paint images of serenity.

For my project, I painted on unprimed linen, which accepts black pigment in a way that gesso-primed canvas doesn’t.

I love black pigment because it contains a sense of Korean sentimentality.

I wet the canvas and let the black color travel by itself, staining the surface.

Colors take on new depths as they blend with the black color, creating a comforting harmony of shades.

The colors on the canvas appear tranquil, which comforts me. I paint tranquility.