Passing, Still

Gwen Park is pleased to present Passing, Still, a group exhibition by Clara Schweers, Delphine Lejeune and Bohyeon Hwang. Everything is passing, yet something remains. Working with glass, textile and oil paint, the three artists follow bodies, images and objects as they move from one state to another. Their works hold traces of movement, touch and time without trying to preserve a moment unchanged.

Clara Schweers uses a newly developed glass technique to translate movement into individual gestures. Like still frames from an animation, her figures reveal the many positions through which a body passes before an action becomes recognisable. Movement continues within the fixed image.

Delphine Lejeune photographs, crops, enlarges and softens flowers before weaving them into textile. Viewed almost as if under a microscope, a petal becomes a landscape and pixels become threads. Her works change with the viewer’s distance and position, questioning what we recognise and how perspective shapes what we see.

Bohyeon Hwang’s paintings capture objects at different stages of change, their surfaces retaining the marks of touch and passing time. It is not always clear whether a flower is opening or fading. A dandelion releases its seeds without knowing where they will land. Hwang finds vitality in these unfinished states, where coming apart may also mark a beginning.

Passing, Still brings movement and stillness together. Bodies shift, images change and objects bear the traces of what has passed. Even as each moment slips away, something remains present.