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In Gallery 1 we are delighted to present our first solo exhibition of works by Sunyoung Hwang. The densely layered yet effervescent oils on canvas that form the core of Hwang’s practice are a kind of abstract diary of mood and thought. The seemingly quickly applied, gestural brushstrokes belie a slow and meticulous process, building up of layer after layer of colour and form over weeks or months. Each subsequent layer may cover the full surface of the canvas, or be a single, energetic stroke / form.

The process of assembling the works is both measured, in the sense of the long periods of …