spirit illness: the hunt

spirit illness: the hunt (2020) | 120cm x 90cm | acrylic, hand dyed cotton thread on linen

"The Hunt" offers an imaginative and whimsical interpretation of confronting the proverbial elephant in the room. This unique piece finds its inspiration in a serendipitous encounter with a majestic Golden Eagle that alighted on the artist's city apartment balcony. As the eagle locked eyes with the artist before taking flight, its presence symbolized both an ending and a new beginning, heralding a transformative shift on the horizon.

The vivid painting captures the essence of the Golden Eagle's symbolism, representing strength, perseverance, hard work, and success. However, it also serves as a reminder that these powerful attributes can be obscured if one chooses to remain blind to reality and neglect the truth.

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spirit illness series

The Spirit Illness series explores my long-suffering of a spiritual and metaphysical experience. For most of my life, I endured a series of unexplained symptoms such as undiagnosable depression, extreme fatigue, alcoholism, dreaming and seeing of spirits, and precognitions. Finally, I was diagnosed with a culturally-specific spirit illness, known in Korea as ‘Sinbyoeng’ (신병). The Spirit Illness series began in 2019, and fortunately, the symptoms were diagnosed and treated successfully through a shamanic ritual in July 2020.

The series mostly includes self-portraits with snakes and animal symbolism. It is a growing body of work, as there are many more stories yet to be told.

spirit illness: slump (2020) | 90cm x 120cm | acrylic, hand-dyed cotton threads on raw canvas.

spirit illness: beer (2020) | 90cm x 120cm | acrylic, hand-dyed cotton threads on raw canvas.