A Solace of Ink: Muna’s Solo Exhibition Maps Emotional Journeys
Creatrip Team
3 months ago
Muna (pen name of Kim Dae-hyun) presents a solo exhibition “In the Season When We Are Erased” at SpaceK Seoul in Magok through Feb 13. Working mostly in black and white on hanji (traditional Korean paper), the 45-year-old artist captures intimate emotional moments—grief, consolation, overlapping selves—using spare brushstrokes and large-scale works, including a 7-meter folding screen and a 5m sculptural presence. The show brings together 32 works (14 on loan, 18 new), notably “The Sound of Eternity (2023),” owned by BTS leader RM. Muna’s pieces often feature a Buddha-like, expressionless figure representing self or other and explore how feelings arise, take shape, and are shared or soothed. The exhibition is staged meditatively (visitors are invited to sit on cushions), and marks the artist’s first museum show, reflecting a shift from solitary freedom to celebrating dissolving boundaries between selves.
