A Structural Reinterpretation of Irworobongdo and the Moon Jar Series
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ARTISTIC EXPLORATION
Moon Jar Series
Moon Jar Series
HOGYE sees the moon jar as a body given form.
HOGYE sees the moon jar as a body given form.
What is invisible and what is visible, what emerges and what recedes, what disappears and what remains.
What is invisible and what is visible, what emerges and what recedes, what disappears and what remains.
In HOGYE's paintings, the background is not merely a background, but a movement in which these relationships unfold. The moon jar reveals its form within the boundaries of that movement.
In HOGYE's paintings, the background is not merely a background, but a movement in which these relationships unfold. The moon jar reveals its form within the boundaries of that movement.
Through the moon jar, HOGYE paints the states felt within relationships, as both two and one.
Through the moon jar, HOGYE paints the states felt within relationships, as both two and one.
Painting Expression
Painting Expression
HOGYE's moon jars appear in different ways. In some paintings, the boundary between the exterior and interior is clearly defined. In others, the boundary becomes blurred, and the moon jar takes on an abstract form.
HOGYE's moon jars appear in different ways. In some paintings, the boundary between the exterior and interior is clearly defined. In others, the boundary becomes blurred, and the moon jar takes on an abstract form.
The Moon Jar with a Defined Boundary
The Moon Jar with a Defined Boundary
The background is not merely a background, but a structural movement.
The phenomena generated by movement reveal existence.
The background is not merely a background, but a structural movement.
The phenomena generated by movement reveal existence.
The Moon Jar with a Blurred Boundary
The Moon Jar with a Blurred Boundary
The movement of energy crosses the boundaries between the exterior and interior.
The movement of energy crosses the boundaries between the exterior and interior.
I pour out my emotions and thoughts. And through color and movement, I perceive existence.
I pour out my emotions and thoughts. And through color and movement, I perceive existence.
Exhibition View
Exhibition View
Works
Works
Individual artworks and their accompanying notes will be added to the Works page following the exhibition. (Coming Soon)
Individual artworks and their accompanying notes will be added to the Works page following the exhibition. (Coming Soon)
This surviving Irworobongdo is historically significant for its documented association with the royal portrait of King Taejo, produced in 1872.
Background of the Moon Jar Series
Background of the Moon Jar Series
Reinterpreting Irworobongdo
Reinterpreting Irworobongdo
HOGYE views Irworobongdo (Sun, Moon and Five Peaks Screen) beyond a representation of nature, as a structure in which movement and balance operate together.
HOGYE views Irworobongdo (Sun, Moon and Five Peaks Screen) beyond a representation of nature, as a structure in which movement and balance operate together.
HOGYE identifies structural relationships in the non-hierarchical balance of the sun and moon, the stable arrangement of the five peaks, and the flow and repetition of water.
HOGYE identifies structural relationships in the non-hierarchical balance of the sun and moon, the stable arrangement of the five peaks, and the flow and repetition of water.
Based on these observations, HOGYE developed five sketches exploring the meeting of different directions, the generation and persistence of structure, balance and boundaries, and the transformation of flow.
Based on these observations, HOGYE developed five sketches exploring the meeting of different directions, the generation and persistence of structure, balance and boundaries, and the transformation of flow.
These painterly explorations became the foundation for the backgrounds of the Moon Jar series.
These painterly explorations became the foundation for the backgrounds of the Moon Jar series.
Five Studies
Five Studies
01. Structure Formed Through the Meeting of Differences
02. How Structure Forms Itself
03. Structure Holds Through Repetition
04. Harmony Through Difference Without Hierarchy
05. When Flow Gathers into Structure
Between Baegaksan and Inwangsan, Sending a Moon Jar into the Sky
HOGYE's First Solo Exhibition
2026
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