Guardians
수호
3 works · Traditional Korean symbolic motifs reinterpreted on skin.
Apotropaic and protective motifs from Korean traditional painting — the Haetae, the lion mask of Bukcheong Saja Noreum — figures long called on to distinguish right from wrong, drive away harmful spirits, and ward off misfortune. A talismanic family within the same tradition as the magpie-and-tiger, carried forward onto the skin.
한국 전통 회화의 벽사·수호 모티프 — 해태, 북청사자놀음의 사자탈 — 옳고 그름을 가리고 잡귀와 액운을 물리치며 재앙을 막는 존재로 오랜 세월 불려온 도상입니다. 까치호랑이와 같은 전통의 부적적 계보를 피부 위로 이어갑니다.
From the tradition
The motifs in this collection are drawn from the classical iconography of Korean folk and literati painting traditions — minhwa, sa-ui, and munin-hwa — practiced over centuries by anonymous artisans and scholar-painters.
Each work in Guardians traces its lineage to specific compositions familiar to Korean households, museums, and royal collections — interpreted now through the medium of skin.
