JANA ROMANOVA, JAEYOUNG PARK: Intertwined
GALLERY EXHIBITION | Namuso Gallery proudly presents Intertwined, a duo exhibition featuring the works of multidisciplinary artist Jana Romanova and visual artist Jaeyoung Park. Both artists explore the interconnectedness of human experience through their distinctive mediums, offering viewers a unique reflection on memory, connection, and the passage of time.
Jana Romanova, based in The Hague, presents her three-year-long project, Water Portraits, which tells a mindful story about the use of water and the responsibility we have toward future generations. The project invites participants to sequentially reuse a single liter of water, freezing and documenting what remains after each use. The frozen water becomes a metaphorical portrait, named after the most recent participant. Through 101 ice sculptures, Jana explores how we treat water and resources, showing how temporary ownership reflects our broader environmental and social responsibilities. With 15 iterations in the longest chain and one in the shortest, Water Portraits highlights the delicate balance between preservation and depletion, culminating in a series of portraits and a collection of water-reuse recipes.
Korean visual artist Jaeyoung Park exhibits his Woolscapes series, where strands of wool are meticulously layered onto canvas, forming intricate landscapes that symbolize the interconnectedness of life. Each thread represents a moment of reflection, with the wool’s tactile texture offering a meditative quality to the works. Jaeyoung’s Woolscapes blend Eastern philosophical principles with Western painting techniques, creating serene yet profound visual metaphors for memory and time.
In Intertwined, Jana and Jaeyoung's works come together, offering a poetic dialogue on the human experience—captured in both the fluidity of water and the woven threads of wool. The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on how the material and immaterial worlds intersect, revealing the beauty in the complexity of life’s most intimate moments.
