Nico Pearleyes - MinHwa 3

Artist: Nico Pearleyes
Title: MinHwa 3
Size: 25 x 35 cm, (27, 8 x 37,8 cm framed)
Medium: Acrylic paint and color pencils on 400g/m2 Fabriano paper

MinHwa is a type of traditional Korean folk painting, often depicting animals, especially tigers and magpies. The tigers and the magpies were often seen as a social satire : a foolish and imposing tiger symbolizing authority being mocked by a clever magpie (the people).

While not fables in the strict sense, Minhwa paintings convey narratives that shape people’s lives and their relationship to authority. I enjoy modernizing and personally reinterpreting this style, bringing in a surrealist vibe to express the idea that we are free to use existing narratives to redefine the stories that shape our lives on our own terms. For this, I blend different styles and influences like street art, traditional Asian and European arts, surrealism, etc.

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