Pasqueflower

Yongwoon Shin | Artwork created in 2024
4912 × 7360 pixels / 2160×3480 pixels

 In the collection of the Gaudi World Foundation

 "Hey, Bulb man! Do you see that bent-over Pasqueflower over there?"
 "Yeah, it looks like white snow has settled on its hair!"

 The Pasqueflower, which has bloomed for many long years. Its hair has turned white as if covered in snow, but there’s one thing that hasn’t changed: its devoted love for the baby flower.

 "The Pasqueflower is giving its last remaining light to the baby flower!"

 As Bulb man gazes at the light of love the Pasqueflower left for the baby flower, he takes a deep breath.

 "Yes, that’s what love is."
 "Even as time passes, that light continues on."

 This work, inspired by Gaudi’s natural thinking, as well as by my beloved son, mother, and the Pasqueflower, is expressed through the story of Bulb man. The Pasqueflower, represented as a light bulb, invites us to reconsider the meaning of love through the medium of light. Furthermore, the light of love left by the Pasqueflower permeates the baby flower like a seed, blossoming into new life, symbolically illustrating the cycle of nature.