Unbroken Gesture is a four-piece contemporary soban work that explores continuity, movement, and light through a traditional Korean form.
A sweeping, calligraphic gesture travels across four individual red sobans, created in contrasting tones of mother-of-pearl. Although each piece exists as an independent object, the fragmented marks visually extend beyond their boundaries, inviting the eye to reconnect them as a single continuous movement.
The vivid red surface brings energy and immediacy to the work, while the mother-of-pearl responds subtly to changing light and viewpoint. Its shifting iridescence transforms the gesture from something fixed into something continually changing.
By bringing a spontaneous, contemporary mark onto the structured geometry of the soban, Unbroken Gesture creates a dialogue between tradition and individual expression—between what is inherited and what continues to evolve.
Medium: Mother-of-pearl on contemporary soban
Number of Pieces: 4 (44 × 17.5 (cm))
Year: 2026
$8,000 / $2,200(each)
Unbroken Gesture is a four-piece contemporary soban work that explores continuity, movement, and light through a traditional Korean form.
A sweeping, calligraphic gesture travels across four individual red sobans, created in contrasting tones of mother-of-pearl. Although each piece exists as an independent object, the fragmented marks visually extend beyond their boundaries, inviting the eye to reconnect them as a single continuous movement.
The vivid red surface brings energy and immediacy to the work, while the mother-of-pearl responds subtly to changing light and viewpoint. Its shifting iridescence transforms the gesture from something fixed into something continually changing.
By bringing a spontaneous, contemporary mark onto the structured geometry of the soban, Unbroken Gesture creates a dialogue between tradition and individual expression—between what is inherited and what continues to evolve.
Medium: Mother-of-pearl on contemporary soban
Number of Pieces: 4 (44 × 17.5 (cm))
Year: 2026
$8,000 / $2,200(each)
