ARTIST RESIDENCY | HORANGGASY, GWANGJU

Burcu Yağcıoğlu is participating in the Horanggasy Creative Studio artist residency between June and July. Situated in Gwangju, South Korea, on the grounds of one of the oldest and largest known horanggasi (Korean tiger thorn) trees. Approximately 400 years old, the tree is today recognised as one of Gwangju’s protected natural monuments. Yağcıoğlu developed a series of nineteen drawings bearing the same title, Horanggasi, taking the leaves of the Korean tiger thorn tree as its point of departure. The work considers the gradual disappearance of the tree’s thorns and the softening of its leaves as a metaphor for the human process of maturation.