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Planar Assemblage


  • Haeley Kyong The Delaware Contemporary Wilmington, DE United States (map)

The works in this exhibition were conceived over the many months of quarantine during the 2020 global pandemic. Inspired by memories and pictures of trips I took throughout my life, I attempted to capture those landscapes and cityscapes in oil. Within this exhibition I also included Undulation, a series containing some of my favorite drawings. I chose watercolor to emulate the translucent quality I needed the drawings to convey. Alongside these works are a series of paintings playing with the composition of triangles.

I am most excited to share a project that was years in the making. For years, I have saved a myriad of shopping bags that were just too good to throw away. Much of this collection came from myself, but quite a few were given to me by others. As I deconstructed each bag and sorted through the usable material, I felt guilty about the waste I was generating. 

With the salvaged paper, I made over two hundred wallets and built a metropolitan skyline. Throughout everything, preparing for Planar Assemblage allowed me a time to contemplate and appreciate the basics in life more than ever.