YEON JINYEONG
IBULJIP:BLANKET FORT
YEON JINYEONG
IBULJIP:BLANKET FORT
EXHIBITION BY GALERIE NOIR
IN THE POETICS OF SPACE, GASTON BACHELARD DESCRIBES
INTIMATE SPACES AS PLACES WHERE MEMORY AND IMAGINATION TAKE ROOT.
MANY OF US REMEMBER HIDING BENEATH A BLANKET AS CHILDREN,
CREATING A PRIVATE REFUGE WHERE THE OUTSIDE WORLD BRIEFLY DISAPPEARED.
FOR YEON JINYEONG, IBULJIP (BLANKET FORT) IS BOTH A CHILDHOOD MEMORY
AND THE STARTING POINT OF HER ARTISTIC PRACTICE.
GROWING UP IN HER MOTHER'S BLANKET WORKSHOP,
SHE EXPERIENCED IT AS A PLACE OF WARMTH AND SAFETY.
AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED THE SPACE,
WHAT REMAINED WERE NOT THE BLANKETS THEMSELVES,
BUT THE MEMORIES, ABSENCE, AND EMOTIONAL TRACES THEY CARRIED.
IN THIS EXHIBITION, THE ARTIST RECREATES BLANKETS USING SONGZIO TEXTILES.
BENEATH THESE REFINED FABRICS LIES A UNIVERSAL
LONGING FOR PROTECTION, INTIMACY, AND BELONGING.
THE BLANKET BECOMES MORE THAN AN OBJECT—
IT TRANSFORMS INTO A VESSEL OF MEMORY, QUIETLY REFLECTING
HOW THE PLACES THAT ONCE SHELTERED US CONTINUE TO SHAPE WHO WE ARE.
SKIN OF RUINS
KEY RING, NYLON FABRIC, SEQUINS, POLYESTER FIBERFILL, STAINLESS CHAIN
DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
2026
MONTAGE BETWEEN THE QUILT AND THE RAIN
QUILT, DENIM, TWEED, PVC, LATEX, METAL EYELETS
DIMENSIONS VARIABLE
2026
SOLITARY WATCHER
FABRIC SOFA, LATEX, MARBLE, FEATHER DUSTER
110 × 80 × 70 (CM)
2026
