Yeonjoo Cho
Her Landscape
‘Her Landscape’ is a series of works derived from the following question:
Why can we not see women in traditional Korean landscape paintings?
Cho borrowed the traditional styles of East Asian landscape paintings but changed the gender of the figures inside, denoting the fact the established East Asian art history has not represented the narrative, memories, and desires of women. By looking at the figure in the landscape, this series asks who has been the subject that experiences, creates, and possess that landscape.
She (left corner), Oil on linen, 18 × 24 5cm, 2018
She (left), Oil on linen, 13 × 18 cm, 2018
Her Journey (right), Oil on linen, 39.5 × 30cm, 2018
The Old Love Story
Oil on canvas, 101.5 × 304 cm and 30.4 cm in diameter, 2018
'The Old Love Story' was inspired by the old unicorn tapestry in Stirling Castle, which was made to celebrate the marriage of James V, the King of Scotland and Marie de Guise.
My Wretched Love Trapped in the Empty Mountain, Oil on Canvas, 120 × 60 cm, 2018
A Woman who Became a Plum Blossom Tree, Oil on canvas, 51 × 61.3 cm, 2018