Past Life Regression Painting (2014-ongoing)

 

Once a month, from January 2014 onwards, I experienced past life regression through hypnosis with the help of a professional hypnotherapist. It is an attempt to find and express what is oppressed in the unconscious. Based on this thought, I cross-examined my own visions of reincarnation and past life, which, for better or worse, is a central aspect of East Asian thinking. Images and narratives I see during every past life regression are captured in these paintings.

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전생역행그림 (2014-현재 진행 중)

 

나는 2014년 1월부터 한 달에 한번씩 최면 치료사의 도움을 받아 최면을 통한 전생으로의 회귀를 경험하게 되었다. 무의식 속에 억눌려있던 것들을 찾아 표현해보려는 이 시도를 통해, 나는 동아시아 철학에서 중요한 부분을 차지 한다고 할 수 있는 윤회와 전생에 대한 나의 경험을 분석해 보았다. 전생으로의 역행에서 내가 보고 경험한 모든 이미지와 이야기들이 다 이 그림들 속에 담겨있다.

 

The Two Fighting Over Me

2016

Acrylic on canvas

162.2x130.3cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

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Exhibition History

Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea, 2020

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Oh Holy Night

2016

Acrylic on canvas

130.5x97cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

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Exhibition History

Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea, 2020

 

All the Survived in that Perilous Flood

2016

Acrylic on canvas

130.5x97cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

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Exhibition History

Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea, 2020

 

Two Different Possibilities

2016

Acrylic on canvas

130x194cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Installation View

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Keith Park ⓒYeesookyung

 

I Am Not the Only One, but Many

2014

Acrylic on canvas

117x91cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Soon He Will Pursue Enlightenment

2015

Acrylic on canvas

117x80.5cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Samurai of the Wind

2014

Acrylic on canvas

33.5x45.5cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

A Moment of a Deer Hunter, My Baby Deer and Me Reborn as a Bear

2014

Acrylic on canvas

89.5 x 130.5cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Intimate Sisters

2014

Acrylic on canvas

41x53cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

You Will Find a Way

2014

Acrylic on canvas

97x145.5cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

The Moment

2014

Acrylic on canvas

112x162cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Just Started

2014

Acrylic on canvas

181.8x227.3cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

Oh Rose!, Space Willing N Dealing, Seoul, Korea, 2020

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Just Started (detail), 2014

 

Wedding in the Middle Land

2014

Acrylic on canvas

162x130cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Tutangcla, a Warrior Murdered by the Spanish Troops

2014

Acrylic on canvas

162.2x130.3cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Saint, Making a Crystal Ball with the Impurity of the World

2015

Acrylic on canvas

130x194cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

Whisper Only to You, MADRE · Museo d'arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy, 2020

Saint Breeders, Atelier Hermès, Seoul, Korea, 2015

 

Installation View

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Keith Park ⓒYeesookyung

 

Underwater Guide 004

2014

Oil color on canvas

22x42.7cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Underwater Guide 008

2014

Oil color on canvas

60.5x73cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Underwater Guide 009

2014

Oil color on canvas

45.5x53cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo by Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Underwater Guide 010

2014

Oil color on canvas

65x80cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Underwater Guide 005

2014

Oil color on canvas

41x31.5cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

When I Become You, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea, 2015

When I Become You, Yeesookyung in Taipei, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015

 

Underwater Guide 020

2015

Oil color on canvas

97x162cm

Courtesy of the artist

Photo: Kwack Gongshin ⓒYeesookyung

 

Exhibition History

Saint Breeders, Atelier Hermès, Seoul, Korea