THE SO-NYEO
Justice for the So-Nyeos
During the Pacific War (WW2), girls were forcibly taken from
Korea, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Netherlands
to perform sexual services for the Japanese military.
This is a project dedicated to remembering the 200,000 girls who were forced into sexual slavery called Comfort Women and other victims of wartime sexual violence.
(projectsonyeo.com)
Mixed Media
The intricate emotions of the individuals who have suffered are conveyed through the employment of multiple materials.
The utilization of delicate materials such as thin paper and string, symbolizes emotional susceptibility and precarious conditions, while the emphasis on the color red embodies intense suffering.
Painting
Expressing the emotional environment that the victims are going through using a medium of patience, oil, and acrylic paint, which the process revolves around their emotions.
Asphyxiate
Timeline
January 2020
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Summary
Depicting the suffering of a so-nyeo (young girl in Korean) being suffocated losing its liveliness slowly.​
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Medium
Oil Painting
Wither
Timeline
November 2019
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Summary
Representing the pureness of the victim as vivid flowers slowly being suffocated and withering by the Japanese government.
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Medium
Acrylic Painting, Plaster
