Jisoo Kim

We often perceive a face as beautiful when its eyes, nose, and mouth are symmetrical and follow ideal proportions. However, this mask deliberately departs from those standards, embracing asymmetry and distorted ratios.

Within this imperfection and collapse of balance, I discovered a new kind of beauty and visual intrigue.

I believe that something truly captivating begins at the point where familiarity is disrupted.

No matter the angle of view, every point along its edge remains equidistant from the center, achieving balance across every axis. With neither beginning nor end, its continuous curve has long symbolized harmony, constancy, and equilibrium.

This structural perfection reflects the ideal beauty often sought by humans, while also embodying notions of repetition, cycles, and eternity. My work begins with this pristine form, using it as a point of departure to explore the emotional undercurrents, interventions, and aesthetic possibilities that emerge when balance is challenged or subtly disrupted.

By freely arranging the eyes, nose, and mouth using collage techniques, the traditional principles of Neuroaesthetics such as symmetry and the golden ratio are deliberately disregarded. This unconventional and bold composition breaks away from established aesthetic standards, aiming to explore a new dimension of beauty. It offers viewers a fresh visual experience and perception that transcends the familiar facial structure. Through this, the work challenges fixed notions of beauty and reinterprets it in a diverse and original way through free and expressive arrangement.