This weekend, John Yau writes about the painter Ha Chong-Hyun and the wounds from Korea’s tumultuous 20th-century history that scar the artist’s abstractions. “And yet,” Yau writes, “I feel the work’s resistance to any enclosing narrative, the artist’s desire to move beyond any single story.” A refusal to adhere to a single narrative, to be one-dimensional, is a hallmark of exceptional art.

At Hyperallergic we seek out this complexity in art and examine it with an equally complex and critical eye. To support our commitment to thoughtful, independent art journalism, please consider becoming a member.

— Natalie Haddad, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend