Guardians
7 works · Traditional Korean symbolic motifs reinterpreted on skin.
Apotropaic motifs from Korean painting — the Haetae, the Bukcheong Saja Noreum lion mask — called on to ward off misfortune, carried onto the skin.
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한국 전통 회화의 수호 모티프 — 해태, 북청사자놀음 사자탈. 잡귀·액운을 물리치는 도상을 피부에 새깁니다.
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.
