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From September 20 to October 16, Vidi Gallery presents The Whisper of Nature, a two-person exhibition featuring artists Kim 

Dongchul and Choonie Park. Together, the artists explore diverse perspectives on nature, offering fresh interpretations of its beauty. 

By capturing singular moments in nature, they deliver to viewers not only visual experiences but also inner narratives and inspiration, each filtered through their distinct artistic styles. 

Art critic Shin Hangsub notes that while Kim Dongchul paints landscapes, his works resist categorization within traditional naturalism, realism, or impressionism. Instead, they reveal a unique and highly personal perspective. 

Kim views the world through what he calls a “milky glass of the heart,” filtering out precise forms and rendering scenes in soft silhouettes, akin to misty landscapes. By blurring concrete shapes, he seeks not the external beauty of nature but its subtle, elusive phenomena—those that trigger emotional responses before intellectual comprehension. 

Whether it is the shimmer of sunlight on water, the play of mist, or glimmers of light on a surface, Kim accentuates the emotional resonance of nature over its tangible form, heightening the viewer’s sensitivity to fleeting atmospheric impressions. 

In contrast, Choonie Park has long sought to reimagine the beauty of Korea’s four seasons with a contemporary sensibility. 

Her journey began with traditional training in Korean painting, a discipline bound by strict conventions of brushwork, theory, and limited subject matter. 

Confronted with the dissonance between this traditional art form and modern urban life, Park resolved to develop a new genre of Korean painting—one that employs ink and hanji (traditional Korean paper) but speaks in a contemporary visual language. 

Since her first solo exhibition in 1996, Park has continuously deconstructed and reinterpreted landscapes, questioning both form and concept. 

More recently, she has expanded beyond Korea, depicting the landscapes of the United States, Europe, and Australia on hanji. 

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Emphasizing the unique qualities of the long, delicate bristles of traditional Korean brushes, she combines them with bold coloration, forging a distinctive style that merges tradition with modern expression. 

Together, Kim Dongchul and Choonie Park invite audiences into a dialogue with nature—one rooted in both sensitivity and reinvention—where the whisper of the natural world is translated into profound emotional and visual resonance.