WOAW Gallery is delighted to present Huddle Around, a solo exhibition featuring contemporary painter Sun-Kyo Park’s acrylic-on-canvas work of surreal portraitures. Finding inspiration from his childhood memories of gathering, praying, and connecting with family and relatives in the neighbourhood, the word “huddle” reminds Park of the human, basic survival need for warmth in today’s society, where people are tightly interconnected with one another in metaphysical ways.

Hailing from South Korea, where he was raised in a religious family, Park fondly remembers the posture of sitting cross-legged not only as a traditional Korean act, but also the warm and familiar memory of a weekly occurrence called District Worship, when people from different districts of the church would gather in one house to share food, hymns, Bible verses, and stories. “Although silent, a mysterious air seemed to have formed a promise that they would not turn their backs on each other,” the artist recalls.

Gallery address: 5 Sun Street, Wan Chai