{"id":19608,"date":"2025-07-24T16:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enlighten-gallery.com\/en\/?p=19608"},"modified":"2025-10-12T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:49:48","slug":"under-the-fruit-trees-leenas-solo-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enlighten-gallery.com\/en\/under-the-fruit-trees-leenas-solo-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Fruit Trees \u2014 LeeNa’s Solo Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhat is the meaning of life? That was all\u2014a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation <\/span>perhaps never<\/span> did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the works of Korean artist LeeNa, those matchstick-like glimmers may be hidden in a child\u2019s gaze or the breath shared between leaves and fruit. She portrays delicate yet genuine sensations\u2014the slant of light falling on a leaf, a child bending close to the water\u2019s surface, or a fragment of childhood deeply rooted in memory.<\/p>\n

This exhibition showcases two of her ongoing series: the \u201cFruit Tree Series\u201d and the \u201cSwan Pond Series.\u201d These bodies of work reflect two central threads in her practice: one is the reconstruction of childhood rooted in personal memory, and the other is a contemplation of fluid and transformative identities.<\/p>\n

In the Fruit Tree Series<\/em>, LeeNa begins with childhood photographs from the 1980s and \u201990s. Gazing into these blurred yet familiar figures, she extracts them from their original context and places them within an imagined and emotional realm. In these scenes, children hide among towering fruit trees, where fruits, insects, animals, and flowers coexist in an unnamed time and place\u2014absent of adults, filled only with tender vitality and pure observation.<\/p>\n

The Swan Pond Series<\/em>, by contrast, extends into themes of identity and transformation. The swans in her paintings are inspired both by the fairy tale The Wild Swans<\/em> and by her real-life encounters with swans during her studies in the UK. Her painted beings exist in a liminal space\u2014between human and animal, nature and culture\u2014caught in a perpetual state of metamorphosis. By day, they become swans; by night, they return to human form. This rhythm of transformation reflects LeeNa\u2019s acute sensitivity to the experience of boundaries.<\/p>\n

Her imagery is suffused with a sense of \u201cthe moment before a story unfolds.\u201d Through meticulously detailed brushwork, she renders feathers, water surfaces, and the textures of plants, capturing the stillness and scent of a narrative not yet told\u2014the moment before a fruit falls, before a child turns their head, before night fully descends. This is the temporal core of her art. In the space between foliage and gaze, subdued emotions and quiet glimmers slowly emerge.<\/p>\n

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\nUnder the Fruit Trees \u2014 LeeNa’s Solo Exhibition
\nPeriod\uff5c2025.08.16- 2025.10.11
\n<\/span>Opening reception\uff5c<\/span>2025.08.16 15:00 The artist will be present at the event to interact with the guests
\nVenue\uff5c<\/span>1F., No. 222, Shidong Rd., Shilin Dist., Taipei
\nTel\uff5c<\/span>+886-2-28310558<\/p>\n

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