REMNANTS S1 Painting

Joung Hwang (Hwang, Haejoung) is an artist who has spent formative years in both Korea and Canada. In filling her works with lines and shapes, Hwang chooses a combination of oil paint, acrylic, chalk and ink. Through layers of different media the artist seeks refuge in repetition and familiarity. In these arrangements what the artist seeks to achieve is neither manufactured perfection nor technical mastery; the process of painting and drawing is all that remains and matters. In an empty center of the canvas one feels safe and guarded, while the endless broken lines confine the background’s infinite space, also inviting the viewer to explore her own state of imagination.