There was a movement towards unifying landscape, human form, and all elements of nature – I wanted to draw on this in my own pieces.” “I’m intrigued by the idea of these artists observing the beauty of their surroundings and immortalising them through poetry and painting, in turn inspiring myths and nostalgic notions about the past. “I was thinking about the whole practice of landscape painting throughout East Asia – how travelling to beautiful landscapes created such an outpouring of creative expression that lasted centuries,” she says. In Clear with Rising Mist, LA-based Nancy Kwon explores the atmospheric, nostalgic and emotional potential of landscapes, particularly with reference to East Asian landscape painting and poetry from the 12 th to 18 th centuries, including the oeuvres of Song dynasty Chinese painter Xia Gui, Joseon dynasty Korean artist Jeong Seon, and Persian lyrical poet Hafiz.
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