Yaerim Ryu “You and Your Sweating Palms” at Peres Projects, Berlin

To bake a cake in the eye of a storm; to feed yourself sugar on the cusp of danger.”
—Ocean Vuong, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Droplets rendered in such meticulous detail, the rain that Yaerim Ryu paints can almost be touched. A drenched, heavy figure stands before the rolling hues of gray that fill the skies of an imagined neighborhood. Hood down, they are impervious to the heavy rainfall. This is a climate they know well.