Exhibition Information

Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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Exhibition view

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			As the last exhibition celebrating the end of 2023, Prompt Project is pleased to present a solo exhibition by artist Melody Park titled Willow Charcoal Gray from December 5th to 31st. 



‘Color,’ an essential expression element of two-dimensional painting, has been used in the painting genre for a long time in various senses and forms. The bold expression of color blossoming on the two-dimensional surface by the carefree brush stroke of the artist elevates its temperature with deeper density, and along with the thick matière, brings out its unique texture and aesthetic. Artist Melody Park applies this multi-layered charming color to mediums such as drawing stone or powder particles to bring to surface her unique and unrestricted painting. 



Each human’s perception of color varies deeply depending on the strength or density of space or light. Park researches the scope of color felt by each individual, and enjoys the physical process of combining and making various materials. 



“Even if the same color (pigment, color paint) is used, the mood expressed is absolutely different according to the thickness, viscosity, texture and density. I enjoy exploring, expressing and creating my own colors with the various powdered materials such as pigment (powder), color paint (paste) and drawing stones (solid). It is based on my baking sense of analyzing, mixing, and expressing each material’s characteristics.” 

-from Melody Park’s artist note- 



The artist usually only works when there is natural light because the material’s physical clarity is more sensitively and abundantly captured. She layers the carefree traces of brushstrokes on the canvas and expresses the overlapped light that scatters in all directions and the ovipositional of color. She presents the materialistic experiments which she has enjoyed, while simultaneously reflecting color which shows narrative started from a glimpse of memory and embracing abstraction for aesthetic emotion. Viewers experience the inner senses and reason which accompany her and get a chance to build their own.  



In this exhibition, Park introduces Willow Charcoal which she has mixed with oil as her “unique color” for the first time along with her existing mixed materials. Charcoal has been used as a classical basic material for croquis and drawing from the ages of cave painting before Renaissance until present; however, for artist Melody Park, charcoal is a “tool” to create a unique gray which she has imagined and through this process Willow charcoal gray was born.  



The space of Prompt Project, filled with Melody Park’s art works with paint and pigment that retained unique light, approaches the viewers displaying its materialistic spirit with no refrain. Park experiments and creates colors such as Willow charcoal gray which existed only in her memories, and as a result, the burst of colors unfolding on the surface offers its viewers a chance to freshly absorb her unique aesthetic while also giving them a sense of her concrete and experimental approach toward meaning of painting which she intended.

Director Minji Choi, Prompt Project

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