Artist Spotlight: Ha-Chong Hyun

For Ha, painting is not about illusion or representation, it is about encounter — between the artist’s body and the material, between pressure and release. That encounter is what gives the work its enduring power.

— Sunjung Kim

Encountering a painting by Ha-Chong Hyun can have an awakening effect on the senses. In Ha-Chong Hyun: Retrospective, monumental canvases of luminous color and lush textures deliver one surprise after another. In this interview, the exhibition’s guest curator Sunjung Kim, Artistic Director of Art Sonje Center in Seoul, discusses the rich trajectory that brought the artist to international prominence.