"Horse 2025 _Old Fashioned 01" Sculpture

Korean sculptor Yea Ji Park, working between South Korea and France, explores human relationships and communication through welded metal. For the artist, communication begins with the act of making itself. The process of welding—joining, building, and shaping metal—is already a way of reaching out and connecting. Her sculptures use simple, abstract horse forms and lines that act like a visual language. These forms do not give fixed answers. Instead, they open a space where the viewer can feel connection, distance, or misunderstanding. The work invites the viewer to take part in this process of communication. The material itself plays an important role. Steel carries weight, tension, and traces of heat. The marks of welding remain visible, showing how the work was made. These physical qualities help express emotion and relationship, making each sculpture feel like a living state rather than a closed object. This approach is connected to the Korean word “mal,” which means both horse and speech. By working with this double meaning, Park connects form and language, using sculpture as a way to speak without words.