This space presents a series of paintings by Korean artist Moon Juhye, whose practice reinterprets symbols from contemporary visual culture—such as video games, religious iconography, and mundane objects—through the traditional mediums and techniques of East Asian painting.

Working with ink, jangji (traditional Korean mulberry paper), and pigments, Moon creates multilayered narratives where reality and virtuality merge within a single pictorial space.

Her recent works—including Morning Coffee, Night Bowl, and You got 2 coin—evoke the striking visuals of game characters activating their “ultimate moves.” Yet at the heart of each image lie scenes of ordinary life: a cup of coffee, a bowl of rice, a coin, a walk with a dog.

The halo—once a symbol of sacred authority in religious paintings—now encircles everyday moments. Familiar objects are elevated, transformed into unfamiliar vessels of quiet divinity.

Through this approach, Moon constructs a unique painterly cosmology, where tradition and modernity, myth and reality, coexist on a single plane. Her work does not merely repeat the past; instead, she activates the traditional form of East Asian painting with the digital-era sensibility of icons, emotions, and layered meanings.

In these works, viewers encounter collisions between historical motifs and contemporary signs. The paintings operate simultaneously as tactile surfaces and narrative fields—producing a distinct visual language in which sense and story unfold together.

Moon Juhye’s practice serves as a compelling demonstration of how East Asian painting can be rewritten today—not as preservation, but as reimagination.

These works are not only paintings;
they are visual devices that reframe the sacred, the ordinary, and the symbolic
within the rhythms of contemporary life.