Waltz — The Turning of Beauty – ADORE GALLERY

Welcome, and thank you for visiting my modest gallery tucked away in a quiet corner.

Here you will find a variety of my works—large and small, diverse in character and spirit. I arranged them in this way because, seen together, they may give you a clearer sense of who I am.

To be honest, I often feel my lack of formal training and the limited time I have been able to devote to art. Yet I continue without pause—feeling, learning, and growing in the process.

I am not a master of any single field, nor do I belong wholly to any place. Take what you see as it is, and carry with you whatever impressions remain. Though I began in earnest later in life, I have always sought to keep faith with my first intent—to let neither results nor criticism define me, but to follow the quiet integrity of my own path in art.

At times, a sudden impulse led me to submit small works to competitions, and a few were recognized. In Korea, I once taught art at a high school for about ten years. In 2009, after twenty years of living in Australia, I returned to Korea, where I now work as a sculptor. That, in essence, is the whole of my artistic journey.

I have no interest in heavy philosophy. What moves me are the kinds of impressions that feel like music, and the vivid realities that the world tirelessly brings forth.

I love travel and every kind of documentary, and hold special respect for the creators of BBC Earth, whose programs I watch with admiration. And one thing is certain: without music, I imagine my veins would carry nothing but plain water.

Perhaps artists are simply those who live in the busy square between the entrance of expectation and the exit of fulfillment.

Even if you arrived here by chance, I am grateful.

Yoonki Hong
Born 1952

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November 7, 2025

Waltz — The Turning of Beauty

Waltz — The Turning of Beauty

– One afternoon, while a waltz was drifting through my studio –

The world has grown too fast.
The quiet depth of the lake has faded,
and only the glitter of splashing water remains.
There is no longer room for silence.

Music, and even art itself,
now refuse to cling to their quiet roots.
Though emotion is the birthplace of art,
people pass that gate without noticing.

André still stands before it,
calling back the lost beauty
with three gentle steps of the waltz.
His rhythm is neither fast nor slow —
it moves at the pace of the heart,
the distance between two souls.

Without a word, he dances
to prove that beauty is still alive.
His dance is love,
and that love is the purity of emotion.

Following the circle he draws,
We return once more
to the homeland of art —
where a beautiful life
still turns, slowly,
in silence.

I can say to you,
“If you wish for a beautiful marriage, let a waltz play two or three times a day, and dance together — in all the elegance and foolish joy you can find”

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