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The Ordinary buddha
Nongpho, Thailand
The ordinary buddha
Print on banner / 180x838 (cm) / 2024
공중부양 (levitation)
Print on banner / 400x180 (cm) / 2024
Song Heejung’s work is an exploration of the internal world. By creating “fragments of reality” she touches on the archetypes of subconsciousness, love, death, spirituality and human features through which she projects her own personal experiences and individuality.
Through the use of various media she enhances the exploratory dimension of her work, looking to fully indulge in her quest to better understand herself and those around her.
For this exhibition, she presents that she qualifies as “the God within us in our ordinary lives”. This piece is a self portrait of the artist herself in a reclining pose, mimicking that of the famous reclining buddha. Installing her huge work her in the public space, facing the road for everyone to see, is her way of affirming her personal presence her, as well as exposing the existence of a God in each and everyone one of us to those who pass . Facing ‘God’ means looking into the primordial light in the deep abyss within us.
The ordinary buddha is a story about trust and archetypes.
Through the use of various media she enhances the exploratory dimension of her work, looking to fully indulge in her quest to better understand herself and those around her.
For this exhibition, she presents that she qualifies as “the God within us in our ordinary lives”. This piece is a self portrait of the artist herself in a reclining pose, mimicking that of the famous reclining buddha. Installing her huge work her in the public space, facing the road for everyone to see, is her way of affirming her personal presence her, as well as exposing the existence of a God in each and everyone one of us to those who pass . Facing ‘God’ means looking into the primordial light in the deep abyss within us.
The ordinary buddha is a story about trust and archetypes.
baannoorg biennial # 4/2024 [We are here]
