{"id":450951,"date":"2025-02-25T09:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=450951"},"modified":"2025-02-25T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:51:50","slug":"seonna-hong-past-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/02\/seonna-hong-past-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Through Landscapes Marred by Climate Disaster, Seonna Hong Mines &#8216;Past Lives&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1433\" height=\"1146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"a landscape with people atop colorful mounds. spindly trees and a gray sky are in the background\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-2.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-2-640x512.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-2-960x768.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-2-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1433px) 100vw, 1433px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Atacama I, 2024, acrylic and oil pastel on raw canvas, 60 x 75 inches. All images courtesy of the artist and Hashimoto Contemporary, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Through Landscapes Marred by Climate Disaster, Seonna Hong Mines &#8216;Past Lives&#8217;<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-02-25T09:51:48-06:00\">February 25, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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Through her signature abstract vistas, Hong creates what can be called &#8220;memory landscapes,&#8221; vast scenes that layer themes of environmental destruction, personal reflections, and the artist&#8217;s own Korean heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmarys-ca.edu\/museum-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saint Mary\u2019s College Museum of Art<\/a>, <em>Past Lives <\/em>comprises 32 works, many of which have been altered from their original form. For example, the Los Angeles-based artist revised &#8220;The Loved Ones&#8221; by softening the edges of bulky, striped blocks in the background and anonymizing a pair of young girls while giving their figures more clarity. &#8220;Selective Abstraction&#8221; is similar and features a bolder streak of bright pink across the canvas, a recurring mark in Hong&#8217;s latest works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5-960x484.jpg\" alt=\"two works side by side on the left is an abstract landscape with two children. the right is the same image with more abstract but well defined figures and a pink segment\" class=\"wp-image-450943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5-960x484.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5-640x323.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5-1536x775.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The Loved Ones,&#8221; acrylic, oil pastel on raw canvas, framed, 10 x 10 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition title comes from Celine Song&#8217;s 2023 film structured around <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20240320-past-lives-the-korean-word-for-eternal-love-ancient-buddhist-roots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inyeon<\/a><\/em>, an ancient concept of fated love that emerges in one life after another. Hong adds: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I have included pieces that show my past lives as well as older works that, in the spirit of re-use, repurpose, and upcycling, have been painted into and brought from the past into the present, being mindful to not just gesso over the canvas (a literal and metaphorical whitewash) but include some of its history, the layers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>With barren trees, colorful mounds, and diminutive figures ambling among the terrain, the paintings emphasize the ways the past emerges in the present. Despite their bright hues, Hong&#8217;s landscapes are deteriorating and experiencing the very real blight of climate disaster. Two new pieces depict figures in the parched Atacama desert, clambering atop enormous heaps of discarded clothing. Bringing the immense waste of fast fashion and consumerism to the fore, the compositions capture the ways our decisions are never relegated to the past and how our choices affect even the most sparsely populated regions on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/seonna-hong\/\">previous bodies of work<\/a>, Hong&#8217;s Korean ancestry appears, as well. A large, upright bear shifts its weight to one side in &#8220;More Bridges Less Walls.&#8221; The animal plays an important role in a Korean creation myth, which says that the powerful, devoted mammal was turned into a woman who went on to start the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Past Lives<\/em> is on view through June 22 in Moraga, California. Find more from Hong on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seonnahong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-1-960x802.jpg\" alt=\"a landscape with people atop colorful mounds. spindly trees and abstract elements define the rest\" class=\"wp-image-450947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-1-960x802.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-1-640x535.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-1-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-1.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Atacama II&#8221; (2024), acrylic and oil pastel on raw canvas, 60 x 72 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8-960x478.jpg\" alt=\"two works side by side on the left is an abstract landscape with two figures. the right is the same image with more well defined figures and a pink segment\" class=\"wp-image-450946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8-960x478.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8-640x318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8-768x382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8-1536x764.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-8.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Selective Abstraction,&#8221; acrylic, paper, and vinyl on canvas, 12 x 12 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7-960x640.jpg\" alt=\"detail of an abstract landscape\" class=\"wp-image-450945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-7.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6-960x857.jpg\" alt=\"an abstract landscape with pink, white, gray, and ochre patches. figures are in the foreground\" class=\"wp-image-450944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6-960x857.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6-640x571.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6-1536x1371.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/hong-6.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Verisimilitude&#8221; 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