Bae hayoon

Installation View (1)

A quiet corner of the city, weathered by time, lingers like an old memory. Between waves of development, this landscape stands as one of the “empty spaces” left behind by Korean society—a place marked by transience, where disappearance feels almost natural. The artist turns their gaze toward these vanishing urban scenes, translating traces of time and life’s warmth into painting.

작은 초록, 162.2 x 130.3cm, oil on canvas, 2025, 가여운 벽, 162.2 x 130.3cm, oil on canvas, 2025

Their attention rests on the margins, the overlooked edges of the city. In the imperfect textures of rusted metal, cracked glass, and stained walls, the artist discovers “naturalized artifacts.” These man-made objects, stripped of their original form and function over time, begin to resemble elements of nature. This transformation unfolds as both a story of the city’s wounds and of its quiet recovery.

자라는 이름,193.9 x 130.3cm, oil on canvas, 2025, (each)

Vines crawling through wall cracks and small greens sprouting from concrete crevices become metaphors for “life that endures beyond death.” Within such scenes, the artist captures the finitude of human existence, the cycles of nature, and the subtle vitality that breathes between them. Though the canvas may appear still, it carries delicate rhythms of movement and life.

눈 속에 묻혀 있던 것, 97.0 x 162.2cm, oil on canvas, 2025

The exhibition “Moving Landscape” presents a portrait of spaces where disappearance and creation intersect—landscapes adrift between vacant lots and ruins. More than a depiction of place, it is a record of the emotional traces that remain after loss. In these worn corners of the city, the artist faces the fragility of the self and the anxiety of existence, yet rediscovers the quiet colors of life emerging once again.

Installation View (2)

Even in ruins, life takes root. And that fragile vitality reflects another landscape within us.

Gallery Imazoo
Seoul, Gangnam-gu, Teheran-ro 20-gil,12, B1
+82 02 557 1950

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