Welcome to “The Paths of the Invisible”, an exhibition presenting works by Nattan Kongmalikunkaew, a Thai artist, and Yonghyeon Yang, a South Korean artist. These artists, from different cultures, explore the mysterious connections between humanity and nature using a surrealist aesthetic, where reality and the imaginary intertwine.
“Paths of the Invisible” evokes these secret routes that each of us follows in our search for meaning. For Nattan and Yonghyeon, nature is not simply a backdrop, but a space of revelation, a mirror of human emotions and questioning.

Nattan Kongmalikunkaew: The Paths of the Soul Facing the Immensity of Nature

Nattan’s works capture moments of subtle tension between human fragility and the impermanence of nature, combining wonder and melancholy. His paintings, simultaneously surreal and deeply rooted in reality, transform symbolic scenes into an intimate exploration of the human psyche.

The artist reveals a nature both indifferent and mysterious, a living landscape where every element – a meadow whispering its secrets, a tree bearing witness to time, a forest undulating in the wind – seems to carry a breath of life, engaging in a silent conversation with the viewer.
However, it is through objects and colors that Nattan conveys his deepest questions: chairs abandoned in the forest, a red balloon floating like an unreachable dream, an apple hidden in the palm of a hand. These details, which may seem insignificant at first glance, become symbols of a humanity in search of meaning, torn between its ephemeral creations and the eternity of nature.
The feminine figure, often viewed from behind, immobile, incarnates contemplative solitude. She does not shy away, is not afraid, but observes, waits, perhaps hides, as if she was tracing, step by step, invisible paths where the imagination and reality, the visible and the invisible, respond to each other.

Through a contrast of colors and unique textures, Nattan creates worlds where nature becomes a mirror of our emotions. The paths of the invisible become inner journeys where the human soul’s questions face the immensity of the visible.

Yonghyeon Yang: The Paths of Memory and the Ephemeral

In his series “En passant,” Yonghyeon explores Nature as a visual language filled with memory and emotion. His landscapes, free of human figures, are filled with trees of strange contours, mountains with blurred shapes, and skies with unreal colors. These elements become markers of a path of the invisible – that of life and its fleeting experiences.

Yang’s “Paths of the Invisible” are paths of memory and the flow of time. His works evoke the connections arising and disappearing, the moments that leave their marks on a life without leaving a physical trace. Yang’s surrealism is revealed in his ability to twist reality: trees seem to float, mountains seem to move, and skies are filled with unreal light. These landscapes are metaphors, spaces where viewers project their own memories and questions.

His work is a meditation on the impermanent. The paths he suggests do not lead to a destination, but to a meditation on what remains, on what disappears, and on the beauty of fragile moments. Looking at his paintings, one feels like walking on a path that does not yet exist, or that no longer exists – a path of the invisible, traced by emotion and the imagination.