Deep into the Undress

… so let her slip

Out of her heavy garment then, let her slip back

Into the rib, into Your dreams, Your

Loneliness, back, deep into the undress…

— “Updraft”, from “Erosion”
Jorie Graham

The creation of the works in Deep into the Undress is based on the image of my mother's rounded figure. Starting from this image, I slowly peeled away the layers, step by step, showing the process of going from chaos to order, from fragmentation to wholeness, and from symbiosis to separation. Thus attempting explore the experience of being in the womb. This process of deconstruction arises from my curiosity about the state of being in the womb, surrounded by amniotic fluid.

This is a state that is completely unknown to me, mysterious and incomprehensible. I can only imagine it as a state of endless drifting in a river that is constantly flowing. In this mysterious and intimate spaces, is there light? Is there sound? Is there color?

By working with watercolor and painting in a sequential manner, I hope to capture the fluidity in the womb and organic shapes of the womb, as well as reflect on the relationship between mother and child with the passage of time.

no.1, Gouache, Color Pencil, Pastel on Paper, 29.7x42cm

no.3, Watercolor, Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper, 28x38cm

no.4, Watercolor, Pastel and Color Pencil on Paper, 28x38cm

no.7, Watercolor and Pencil on Paper, 28x38cm