Artwork title : Pli 005

Landscape of Plis

My newest series <Landscape of Plis> is a journey to explore the 'multiPLIcity' inherent in human beings living in the hyper-connected era.  To this, I pay attention to the concept of wrinkles (hereinafter referred to as 'Pli') often mentioned by Gilles Deleuze, a post-structuralism philosopher who explored the traditional metaphysical relationship between ‘identity’ and ‘difference’.  

Driven by the desire to contextualize this concept of Pli, I use the fragments obtained from deconstructing my figurative paintings to create art that reinvents narrative and redefines meaning. For this, the collage technique was used dynamically and colorfully, and through the use of juxtaposition, I tried to expose the beauty in chaos. This Landscape is created by fragments of various shapes extracted from the original are placed in reverse front and back, the inside and outside are flipped, and the visible becomes invisible. Many Plis, stacked on top of each other, are irregularly warped, jagged and connected layer by layer. This multi-layered landscape is filled with ambiguous images of fragmented memories or senses, sometimes appearing like high and low tides that are washed here and there.

To complete this psychological landscape of the abyss, I carefully use saturated technicolor elements here to inject dynamic energy. At last, I place various shapes of figures that cross between the layers. These figures writhe and appear to be alive, then rise up as phantom illusions, and suddenly loses its shape due to another layer or is regenerated into a different image than before. However, they do not come together to create a single narrative.

With this approach, images of multiplicity are connected to each other and repeat explications and implications creating another difference, and then re-creating themselves as something new. Every image that completes the Landscape of Pli is as flexible as water, allowing for multiple interpretations, inviting viewers to peel back the many layers and discover what hidden narratives lie beneath.

NOTE. Derived from the Latin root Plic, which means to fold, bend, Pli is a fashion term for wrinkles or folds that occur on clothes or fabrics due to external friction.

- Collage, Mixed Media on Paper / 158X109(cm)