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    Painting of two figures at a table
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    Tea Room, Yeonsu Ju, 2023, oil on linen, 170 x 180 x 4.5 cm

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    Sealed with a kiss, Yeonsu Ju, 2023, acrylic and oil on canvas, 110 x 180 x 4.5 cm

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    Painting of two figures sitting at a table, one, drinking tea the other holding a fan
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    Brewing summertime sadness, Yeonsu Ju, 2023, acrylic and oil on linen, 160 x 130 x 4.5 cm

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    Painting of woman, and plates, pair of scissors
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    Cut My Pasta, Yeonsu Ju, 2023, acrylic and oil on linen, 130 x 160 x 4.5 cm

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    Painting, woman and cake
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    Let them cake me, Yeonsu Ju, 2022, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150 x 120 x 3 cm

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Yeonsu Ju – MA/MFA/PhD

I see painting as an imaginary space where you can meet lost loves. The process of painting to me is regarded as a ritual ceremony for mourning and recalling the dead. I take inspiration from ‘Gijesa’, a spiritual ritual practiced in Korea as a way for Koreans mourn for the deceased. It is a Confucian memorial rite held to honour the ancestors at the earliest hour on the anniversary of their death with food offerings prepared the day before.

Regarding that, I repeatedly portray dining scenes, thus consider myself as a host who invites and prepares to meet them. And I keep interrupting the dinner through unconventional means wishing this gathering never ends, therefore guests cannot leave.