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Ran Hwang: Evanescence and Regeneration

Leila Heller Gallery, New York

Tue 15 Oct 2024 to Sat 7 Dec 2024

22 East 80th Street, NY 10075 Ran Hwang: Evanescence and Regeneration

Mon-Sat 10am-6pm

Artist: Ran Hwang

Leila Heller Gallery presents Evanescence & Regeneration, a solo exhibition by acclaimed Korean artist Ran Hwang. Residing in both Seoul and New York City, Hwang is renowned for her intricate and meditative contemporary installations. Her works are featured in prominent private and public collections, including The Brooklyn Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Art, and The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul.

Artworks

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on DIASEC

60 × 240 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on DIASEC

60 × 240 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on DIASEC

60 × 240 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Crystals, Pins on Plexiglass, Plexiglass Frame

63 × 242 × 12 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Crystals, Pins on Plexiglass, Plexiglass Frame

63 × 242 × 12 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Crystals, Pins on Plexiglass, Plexiglass Frame

63 × 242 × 12 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

360 × 240 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass, Painting

100 × 100 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass, Painting

100 × 100 cm

Ran Hwang

Buttons, Hanji Paper, Beads, Pins on Wooden panels

360 × 200 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Ran Hwang

Paper Buttons, Beads, Crystals, Pins on Plexiglass

33 × 33 cm

Evanescence & Regeneration explores the transient nature of existence, a theme central to Hwang’s work and artistic process. Using unconventional materials such as buttons, threads, and thousands of meticulously hammered pins, Hwang creates visually captivating installations that evoke the cyclical themes of life, death, and rebirth. The repetitive and labor-intensive act of hammering pins by hand is not only a creative process but also a meditative one. It serves as a metaphor for the passage of time, allowing Hwang to visualize cosmological cycles, where each step of creation and rebirth through the process of conception, installation, and de-installation, mirrors the impermanence of the natural world.

Visitors to Evanescence & Regeneration will experience works that embody a delicate balance between enduring presence and fleeting existence. Hwang’s installations are site-specific, thoughtfully designed to interact with the space of Leila Heller Gallery at 22 E 80th Street. The de-installation of these works symbolizes the end of one life cycle and the beginning of another, reinforcing the artist’s contemplative approach to ephemerality and regeneration.

This exhibition offers a deep exploration of the themes of transformation, spirituality, and time, inviting viewers to pause and consider the delicate and cyclical nature of life itself.

Ran Hwang, Healing oblivious aqua_OS, 2024

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