JE YEORAN

Je Yeoran’s paintings are represented by antagonism and dynamism. The dichotomies emphasised between ascent and descent, expansion and contraction, brightness and darkness, and anger and ecstasy clash and convey their dynamic nature, at the same time balancing one another to ultimately bring calmness or a peaceful state of mind. Such interaction reflects the meaning behind the title, Usquam Nusquam and represent Je’s understanding of the power of visual art as everything and nothing at the same time.

Although Je juxtaposes contrasting values in her work, her use of colours goes beyond the dialectic approach and instead suggest a new way of looking. Theoretically dark blue-black colours and bright red-pink colours are contrary to one another. However, Je’s use of colours must not be limited to such dichotomisation but instead be understood in the entire context of the painting–immediately after casting herself into the energy of dark colours, it is only natural for her work to follow the opposite line of emotions.

Courtesy 313 Art Project