Bird Gallery is honored to announce the opening of its represented artist Mun Chaeeun's latest solo exhibition "Between Silence & Noise" on September 21, 2024, at the gallery space in Shanghai. This exhibition marks Mun Chaeeun's second solo show at Bird Gallery, continuing the creative style of "I'm not Fine" series. It presents a collection of new paintings from the artist's work over the past two years, using "girl" under a gentle breeze as a landscape to express suppressed inner emotions, depicting the emotional conflicts deep within everyone that are difficult to release yet impossible to dispel. The exhibition will last until November 3.
The "girl" image in Mun Chaeeun's work originated from "I'm not Fine" series that she began creating in 2021. The "girls" in the paintings are not actual girls. At that time, she was painting elderly models, attempting to enlarge their heads to make the older models look childlike. From this form, she discovered creativity and enjoyment, and this unique depiction method became the core of her subsequent creations.
The "girl" depicts the inner child and innocence within adults, cleverly forming a "kidult" (Kid + Adult) combination. On one hand, it symbolizes the desire to maintain purity and sincerity in the process of growing up, and on the other hand, it represents the innocence and emotions in the hearts of adults.The "girl" image in the paintings, with exaggerated enlarged heads and subtle expressions, intensifies the weight of emotions, revealing the emotional conflicts that flow deep within everyone but are hard to express. At the same time, she uses wind as a metaphor to liberate and heal those suppressed emotions. Although surrounded by endless external chaos, one can ultimately reach inner peace, inviting viewers to empathize and find solace within.
