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GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain
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GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain presents recent paintings that explore fantasy, sexuality, and mortality through ambiguous depictions of private moments.
Quiet portraits of domestic solitude merge with uncanny still lifes and gentle seaside landscapes, as Park inverts inner psychology and the outer world. Insects, snails, and sardines linger, while contemplative women peer into cocktail glasses—who is imagining who?
Subverting the viewer’s gaze while also troubling the traditional notion of subject, Park invites us to peek behind the curtain, as she lays claim to her own power as a surrealist painter. Curated by Dorothy Dávila, GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain is the artist’s inaugural solo institutional exhibition in the U.S.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Encompassing portrayals of private moments — a merging of domestic solitude with still lifes and landscapes — GaHee Park’s recent paintings explore fantasy, mortality and sexuality. The show marks the artist’s inaugural solo institutional show in the U.S. (Her first solo presentation with San Francisco’s Jessica Silverman gallery opens Oct. 28.) YBCA has also scheduled a series of screenings inspired by “Behind the Curtain,” culminating with the 1948 film "The Red Shoes” on Oct. 31.
Anh-Minh Le
Contributing Writer
YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood.
YBCA was founded as the cultural anchor of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood.