Song Hyeong-Noh
A pair of Lemon, Grape & Pomegranate
2011
H 60 x W 50 cm (a set of two)
Oil & acrylic on canvas
The paintings of Korean artist Song Hyeong-Noh are characterized by a heartwarming, dreamlike quality combined with striking technical precision. His work primarily explores themes of dreams, hope, and love, often using a personal symbolic language.
In A pair of Lemon, Grape & Pomegranate, the fruits are placed on a stonewall against a dark background – a relatively artificial and unrealistic context. The fruits look fresh and organic, creating a compelling visual tension between the tenderness and hardness, the warmth and coldness, and the natural and artificial environment.
In Song's paintings, stonewalls are always depicted as the barriers and structures of reality. The solid and immovable walls are the "man-made" stage where life unfolds, contrasting sharply with the organic dreams and hopes found elsewhere in his art.
About Song Hyeong-Noh
South Korean artist Song Hyeong-noh was born in 1980. Song is recognized for surreal, often featuring animals (like rabbits and geese) in human-like scenarios, symbolizing reflections of reality and society. His still-life series frequently features fruits on a dark and cement platform, bringing out the warm yet cold atmosphere of which we are experiencing in the real world.
Song graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art of Hongik University and has exhibited internationally, including in Australia, France, Spain, Singapore, Hong Kong and the U.S.