Oh will debut new works created for Iron Velvet as a site-responsive exhibition from the thought of coexistence of home and gallery, between the barest original and selective revealing. The work reflects the different troubles Oh encounters in relationships; just like having a handful of sand, the more one squeezes, the more sand escapes through the fingers. This continuous struggle between Oh’s behaviors of release and refrain represents itself within the canvas through repetitive forms and processes of overlapping elements of paint, cutting out, reshaping, reforming and reattaching.

 

Her figures and forms are rendered in simple gestures on an unfinished canvas ground. They appear incomplete, a sort of visual marginalia. And yet, this unfinished state is a remarkably generous one: through it, we are drawn into her process, the mark of her hand as it renders and obscures and re-renders.

 

Oh uses graphite and acrylic sparingly on the canvas, which brings her substrate materials into the forefront of her pictorial conversations. Raw canvas and stitching become field and line, interplaying with her rendered objects and figures. By placing unrelated abstract and figurative elements together, Oh seeks to engage in an act of subtle disruption. However, some anchors within her tempests reveal themselves in the form of specific objects, offering momentary respite. The logic within Oh’s chaotic scenes whispers its secrets, albeit selectively, to the patient listener.