Jeah Hyuck_Daydream

This exhibition at SH Gallery marks Jeah Hyuck’s first Japan solo exhibition and is centred on the expansion of his major series, Daydream. Daydream is a body of work in which fragments of emotions, memories, and thoughts that pass through everyday life are repeatedly recorded through text. The words on the surface function both as readable language and as visual images. From a distance, they appear as abstract pattern, while up close, they emerge as traces that evoke personal memories.
In this exhibition, the artist presents new possibilities for contemporary art through traditional Korean materials such as Hanji (Korean traditional material), ottchil lacquer, Mukk (traditional coloured ink), pearl powder, and mineral pigments. Rather than understanding tradition as a fixed form, Jeah Hyuck approaches it as something that continues to change through the senses of the present. Through text, layering, and repetitive gestures, he visualises the emotions and identities of individuals living within contemporary society. Viewers are invited to discover their own memories and emotions within the works, recalling forgotten feelings through an aesthetic of sublimity and New-tradition.