Roentgen Garden, mother-of-pearl coloring on hanji canvas, 130x160cm_2025, each

 

 

OMAE Gallery presents Roentgen’s Garden, a solo exhibition by artist Ki-chang Han, who has uniquely visualized the intersection of tradition and modernity through his distinctive artistic language.

 

Han’s work captures the image of a garden that traverses the boundaries of life and death, pain and healing, shadow and light—expressed through lines and colors painted onto X-ray film. These works are acclaimed for offering deep consolation to those who have passed through inner darkness.

 

The exhibition features new pieces that highlight the aesthetics of Eastern spatial emptiness, based on traditional motifs such as mother-of-pearl and hwajohwa (bird-and-flower painting).

 

Additionally, installations using lightboxes invite viewers to experience a shifting “garden of light,” revealing Han’s unique vision of Korean identity through light.