BAKYA X YEEUN JANG
WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS
BAKYA X YEEUN JANG
WHERE DARKNESS BLOOMS
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
BAKYA IS A PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE WORK HAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND FASHION. KNOWN FOR CAPTURING ATTITUDE AND GESTURE, HE EXPANDS HIS GAZE TO OBJECTS AND PLANTS IN THIS PROJECT. APPROACHING FAMILIAR OBJECTS AS HE WOULD A PERSON, HE FOCUSES ON THEIR FORMS, BALANCE, AND THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM, RECONFIGURING THEM INTO NEW SCENES THROUGH LIGHT AND SHADOW. IN THIS PROCESS, OBJECTS EMERGE NOT MERELY AS STILL-LIFE SUBJECTS, BUT AS FORMS POSSESSING THEIR OWN DISTINCT PRESENCE AND TENSION.
BASED IN SEOUL, FLORAL ARTIST JANG YEEUN VIEWS FLOWERS AS A MEDIUM FOR REALIZING SCULPTURAL FORMS AND STRUCTURES. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM INSTALLATION ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND AVANT-GARDE FASHION, SHE COMBINES SOLID STRUCTURES WITH THE ORGANIC BEAUTY OF FLOWERS. THROUGH REPETITION AND THE VARIED SILHOUETTES OF FLOWERS, SHE EXPLORES SPATIALITY AND DIMENSIONALITY. BY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF FLORAL ART, SHE PROPOSES NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, AND WEARABLE ART.
