A solo show by Korean artist Ran Hwang will be on view at Leila Heller Galley in Chelsea. The exhibition will feature six new works that explore the cycle of life, death and rebirth. These new works, in shades of champagne golds, cherry reds, tiffany blues, and luminous silvers, are created from Hwang's signature buttions, beads, and pins. Also on view will be a new monumental multimedia installation.

In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Hwang will explore the brevity and fragility of life. The blossoming and decaying of flowers, an urn-a vessel for remains, and a Buddha - the teacher of reincarnation, are common motifs in Hwang's work. Eleanor Heartney writes in the catalogue essay, "In Hwang's work, buttons and pins become so much more - in their subtle, trembling movement, they become metaphors for human freedom."

-Leila Heller Gallery

Image: © Ran Hwang
Courtesy of the artist and Leila Heller Gallery