FRUITS — jessicawee.com

KIAF 2024 September 4–8 Booth B29

COEX, Seoul At KIAF 2024, Steve Turner is pleased to present new paintings by Remus Grecu, Kevin McNamee-Tweed, Paige Jiyoung Moon, Augustina Wang and Jessica Wee. All ﬁve artists will be making their debut at KIAF in a booth that will focus on ﬁguration, representation and narrative. Aside from the painting by Grecu, all of the works are intimate in scale. Those by McNamee-Tweed and Moon are roughly the size of a book and are meant to be read closely for their detail, whimsy and humor. The works of Grecu and Wee are composed of striking colors and strong contrasts. Their compositions are fanciful and wishful, idealizations of what might be in a world less dark than ours. Finally, Wang’s works are dark, murky and mysterious. Like the works by the other artists, her narrative is open-ended, as if inspired by dream, observation and experience.

In the new series titled Fruits, I created paintings that reference still lifes with fruits from the market near my home, alongside family heirloom vessels. I gave the fruits almost anthropomorphic qualities, giving them a stronger presenceThis series explores how, without the human figure present, one can project themselves into non-human, ordinary objects, creating a connection through painting. By playing with colors and vibrations, I aimed to give these objects a sense of magic within otherwise ordinary scenes.