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leaves and linen fabric, 426” x 474”
Art and Culture treat death as a fearful subject, separating death from people’s lives. Death has been captured in rigid monuments like graves and other constructions that suggest permanence. Instead of denying the transience of life, I ask people to accept death with less rigidity and invite it into our living space.
In “I to Ground,” I built naturalistic and minimalistic playgrounds: non-monumental, impermanent grave for dead leaves. Influenced by Buddhism and Korean traditional architecture, I seek Oneness between life and death, understanding death as a change in condition instead of rigid separation from life.
The objectives for this show is for people to liberate themselves from the agony of loss that comes with seeing death as a far-off, bordered space. I hope people feel peaceful and even joyful even when confronting loss and death.
I to Ground, I to Sky, Powder Room Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb 2019