Over the Influence is delighted to present LA-based artist Cha Yuree’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and her first in Asia, Safe Spaces. The exhibition opens on 27 May and will remain on view through 30 June, 2023.

If Cha’s last exhibition embraced an ecstatic movement out of the self toward connection and communion with nature, then this exhibition attends to the opposite, the process of going inward to cultivate presence and attention. The paintings presented here give physical form to cerebral or internal experiences, capturing moments of reflection, reverie, and rest. There’s a sense of intimacy and serenity in the scenes that begets the impression of witnessing something private and profound, a rare glance into another’s secret world.

Soft pastels, seafoam green, petal pink, and lilac, replace Cha’s signature super-saturated palette, lending the works a dreamy, chimeric quality. An effect further emphasized by her skillful approach to light and shade and her talent for imbuing objects with a luminesce that seemingly emanates from within. The snow glows, pearls glisten, morning dew flickers, and cheeks burn peach pink. Following light’s correlation with epiphany, the possibility for emotional and intellectual illumination brought forth by attention abound, manifesting in forms as various as fireflies and fruit rinds.

Gallery address: G/F – 2/F, 52 Wyndham Street, Central