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A three‑year memorial retrospective of painter No Eun‑nim (1945–2022) opened at Hyundai Gallery in Sagan‑dong, Seoul, featuring 17 major works from her 1980s–90s prime. The Korea‑born artist, who became a professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and gained international renown, expressed nature and the essence of life through the four elements—fire, water, air and earth—using bold black, vermilion and white strokes on large canvases and hanji (Korean paper). Critics have praised her fusion of Eastern brush meditative qualities and Western expressionism; the works convey ambiguous, almost cave‑painting‑like figures—fish, birds, leaves or people—that pulse with raw life. All exhibited works come from collector Park Myung‑ja, whose connection to No began after an introduction by artist Nam June Paik. The show aims to shift focus away from No’s earlier label as a former ‘‘Pa‑dok nurse’ (Korean nurses who went to work in Germany)’’ and toward her artistic legacy. The exhibition runs through November 23.