RHODES Editions presents Bonsai Collection, a new print release created in collaboration with South Korean artist Jihye Park. For the first time Park is bringing her dreamlike landscapes to print with this giclée edition.
Jihye Park in her studio
The edition is printed on Somerset Radiant White Velvet 330gsm and finished with a hand-torn deckled edge. While giclée is a new format for Park, it preserves her strong lines and deep colour, offering a new way to experience her work - and at a more accessible price point.
Bonsai Collection depicts a fantasy realm where magic meets the real world, creating a portal to escape everyday life. The wooden shelves in the foreground hold a set of detailed bonsai trees that fade into the rocky landscape behind them. The scene blurs the boundary between interior and exterior, structure and nature, reality and fantasy.
The flat, pastel blue in the sky is broken up by detailed mountains, rocks, and bushes, enhancing the complexity of the natural forms. In front of it all lies the brown wooden shelving unit, cutting into the landscape and placing the work back in reality while situating the bonsai trees in the outdoors. This composition creates a quiet tension; the bonsai trees feel both carefully arranged and part of the wild world around them.
Signed, Dated and Numbered in Pencil by the Artist
Hand-torn Deckled Edge
Bonsai Collection will be available to purchase on the RHODES Editions website on the 1st May at 4 PM (BST). A small number of pre-sale slots are open to collectors so get in touch if you’d like to register your interest.
Jihye Park (b. 1984, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. She studied painting at Seoul Women’s University before completing her diploma and master’s degrees at the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart.
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Museum Villa Rot (2023), StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart (2023), and the City of Esslingen’s gallery, Villa Merkel (2024).
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