Sangkyoon Noh
Sangkyoon Noh,
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Acrylic & Phosphorescent pigment on canvas, 259x388cm, 2018
Sangkyoon Noh uses phosphorescent pigments to enlarge and paint the fingerprints of himself and fourteen acquaintances.
Phosphorescent pigment is a mineral-based pigment that absorbs light when it's bright and emits it in the dark.
As darkness continues and the phosphorescent energy diminishes, the light flickers like a heartbeat and gradually fades away.
Just as every human advances toward death from the moment of birth, phosphorescent pigment emits light and gradually declines.
In the exhibition space where light and darkness alternate every minute, Noh's Particles(2018) continually repeats the cycle of life and death.
The moment when a fingerprint—humanity's unique mark and smallest unit—flickers with a bluish light in the darkness feels like viewing a cosmic scene while floating in the void.
