This contemporary artwork features two figures with curly, voluminous hair captured in a pensive moment. The muted color palette of grays and whites creates a somber, introspective atmosphere. The figures' mirrored poses and gestures suggest a sense of introspection and self-reflection. The artist's photorealistic style and attention to detail in depicting the figures' delicate expressions and textured hair convey a sense of intimacy and vulnerability. Overall, the piece invites the viewer to ponder the emotional and psychological states of the subjects. ...
Eunnam Hong’s paintings, inspired by film and fashion, feature delicately rendered self-portraits often showing multiple versions of herself within a single space. Working from her own photographs, she conceals her face with a blonde wig—a motif drawn from filmmakers like John Cassavetes and Wong Kar-wai—creating ambiguous, introspective figures. Her oil on linen works depict quiet, intimate settings that reflect her inner world, blending self-representation and autofiction with uncanny domestic scenes. These figures interact with recurring symbolic objects, exploring themes of cultural otherness, agency, anonymity, and desire. Hong’s narrative unfolds nonlinearly, with time and characters overlapping in a continuous flow. The pale, sculptural appearance of her “cloned” figures evokes masks that both reveal and hide, addressing societal ideals of beauty, identity performance, and gender roles. Architectural elements such as doorways and stairwells create slightly off-kilter stages where tension between control and freedom plays out. Through these composed yet mysterious environments, Hong invites viewers to engage with the complex dynamics of identity, masking, and the subtle interplay of opposing forces within everyday life. ...
Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...
