THE TAGLI is delighted to present Submerged Attachment, the debut London solo exhibition by South Korean artist Heeyoung Noh. This exhibition delves into the tensions between belonging and alienation, exploring the complexities of collective identity as a Korean woman living abroad in the United Kingdom. Noh finds solace in the ritual of ttaemiri, a traditional Korean bathing practice, through which she reclaims a deep-rooted connection to her heritage. The exhibition is a celebration of sacred bathing culture and a homage to the resilience and power of South Korean women.
Heeyoung Noh’s practice entails a critical perspective toward diasporic identity and collective trauma as an Asian and Korean woman. She uses the female’s body image as the main material to reinforce the ethnic identity. Her work also explores the vanished stories of relationships between mothers and daughters in the past generation through a feminist lens to highlight the collective and historical trauma inflicted by the state and patriarchal power. Heeyoung is the recipient of THE TAGLI 2024 Mentorship Award in collaboration with the Folco Collection.