Perrotin New York presents 'Half-Looking, Half-Seen', a special exhibition of new paintings by GaHee Park, featuring still lifes and portraits set within seascapes and landscapes that explore psychological dynamics of perception and coexistence. The show precedes Park's first institutional solo exhibition in the United States, opening in August 2026 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Works such as 'Seafood Heaven', 'Wetland at Dusk', and 'Creeping Shadow' depict ambiguous scenes where figures, animals, and natural elements blur boundaries between perceiving and being perceived, with influences including Joan Jonas's performance art.
The exhibition matters because it marks a significant milestone for GaHee Park, a Seoul-born artist whose work is gaining international recognition ahead of her first US institutional show. Her paintings, which resist easy resolution and probe themes of multiplicity, nature, and the human psyche, represent a growing trend in contemporary painting that merges figurative representation with psychological depth. The show also highlights Perrotin's role in promoting emerging and mid-career artists, and the inclusion of works in the Paris Opera's benefit exhibition further underscores Park's rising profile in the global art scene.