*From the past till now, in the era of quantum mechanics there have been so many scientists to endeavor to find out the principle of light: Euclid of Alexandria (300BC) mentioned the light went straight on, and René Descartes (1596~1650) stated that colors turned out when light hit the surface of an object. *In the Newton’s theory of color, the color is the result of objects interacting with already-colored light rather than objects generating the color themselves. However, Renaissance artists knew better. Classical hypothesis still contained the dilemma of transcendental cognition and empirical thought. *Light and sound refract. That’s for sure. In 2020 - like the past with numerous theories and empirical proofs of light and sound, light and sound refract by gravity all the time, and their waves are finite. Although the newest evidence of quantum mechanics, people tend to stereotype sound as wavy movement and light as straight-forward. * That’s what we see at a glance. Regardless of the principal of light, the artist’s perception on the phenomenon comes before the recognition. Visual impression doesn’t always fit in science judgement. Someone would say that quantum mechanics are inevitable mathematic formula for quantum theory, but every mathematical decision is unpowered in the face of a human creator’s reason. That’s why the viewers of her work should put on hold their legitimate suspicion about the artist’s uncanny choice to record what to see, reestablish the memory and represent the world. *Her primitive paintings stir up illusion of natural disasters in the history. Her fantaisie-impromtu is the world of cognitive dissonance created by her superficial reasons. This could be found from the improvised artists in the modern industrial world. For example, 18 century industrial revolution presented many electrical facilities and convenience, whereas such technological development as a streetlight is less important than the beauty of the great flash of a city for romantic artists. For this reason, many impressionists or romantic painters loved the sight of salon de Paris or nightscapes. *Unfortunately, we do not regard an artist who summons the first illusion in mind for his lifetime as a virtue. Nonetheless, we cannot deny that we need Chopin’s fantaisie-impromptu played repeatedly. Because such uncanny, unfamiliar passion has a meaning to us all. To Hyeja Moon, light is an incident that happened one day. The epic had to have an exquisite composition like music. *Her work needs speedy chord changes, an arpeggio’s respiration, and rich and dramatic cantabile. It interacts with particles and waves: likewise, a newly born life of flamboyancy and fury. Then is the light. We call the moments of when the numerous lights stay on earth time. Then, the artist (creator) begins to seek for the trace her own flash and lays. As a result, the witnessed images of the incident are caught on the canvass. Hyeja Moon, the artist liberates the viewers from all gravities and quantum mechanics by dialectical reasoning which is called ‘off-loading’. Kang Na Mu, Art essayist, Independent Curator

A cup full of water makes me anxious. However, if it is drained about halfway, I feel much better. In the same manner, I feel easy when I face a square with a torn corner. This is what I have found while painting: a new formative element. The squares with a torn corner in my paintings work like a cup emptied about halfway. It is the easiness caused by taking out of the jamming. The ad-lib tension caused by tearing out from the corner and the straight lines of the other corners can be canceled out by the off-loading. At first glance, I was fascinated by Paul Cezanne who painted his art loose. The loose art works aroused my admiration. There has been such a loose niche method. Then, I made it mine in my painting. Loose easy and left unpainted paintings can be perfect even though they are not filled up tight. I mean that a square with a torn corner has the same philosophical significance as a cup drained about halfway. And the squares complete my paintings where I breathe with lightened my mind. Artist Hyeja Moon, 2020. 23. Aug.

물이 가득 담긴 컵은 불안하다. 하지만 넘실대는 물은 덜어내면 물컵은 편안하게 보인다. 마찬가지로, 찢어진 네모조각이 편안해 보인다. 근간에 와서 발견한 나의 조형 언어이다. 찢어져 나간 네모 조각이 갖는 조형적 의미는 덜어 낸 물컵 처럼 즉, 비움이 만들어내는 편안함으로 작용한다. 동시에 반듯한 모서리와 무작위적으로 찢겨 나간 거친 표면이 하나의 도형 속에 공존하여 생기는 역설적 긴장을 충분히 상쇄시키는 패턴이다. 처음 나를 그림에 매료 시켰던 세잔느의 그림은 헐렁하다. 그 헐렁한 작품의 공간들은 나의 감탄을 자아냈다. 그러한 틈새기법은 항상 존재했다. 그리고, 이제 나의 그림에 확실하게 자리 잡았다. 헐렁 하고 편안하게 최대한 비워도, 꽉 채워진 그림보다 더 완벽해질 수 있다는 것을 인식한다. 한 부분이 찢어져 나간 네모는 덜어낸 물컵이 가진 철학적 의미를 표현하며, 그리고 나의 그림에서 비움으로 가벼워진 내 마음이 호흡하는 작품을 완성한다. 2020년 8월 23일 작가 문혜자