Fantastically detailed scenes of everyday life with a twist from Paige Jiyoung Moon

Date
18 November 2014

These painted scenes from Paige Jiyoung Moon are so wonderfully intricate, a new detail pops out each time you see them. Capturing domestic scenes like people drinking coffee, friends watching a film or a family eating lunch together, it’s the mundanity of what Paige paints that makes her miniature worlds so inviting as the viewer tries to pick out some sort of irregularity.

First spotted over at Booooooom, many of Paige’s landscapes are brilliant studies of human behaviour that highlight this separate togetherness that happens so often in close circles, like being able to watch television with no direct interaction with the other person for hours on end.

The vast amount of thought and depth the Korean-born, California-based artist has placed in her painted vignettes works incredibly well with details including tiny rashers of bacon neatly lined up on a plate, slippers tucked quietly beneath a desk and the tangle of wires from laptop and phone chargers to name a few. It’s these well-observed touches that allow you to become fully immersed in Paige’s fascinatingly humdrum world.

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Cafe Scene

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Friday Night

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Printshop

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Drama with Mama

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: My Room

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Acupuncture

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Paige Jiyoung Moon: Lunchtime

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Rebecca Fulleylove

Rebecca Fulleylove is a freelance writer and editor specialising in art, design and culture. She is also senior writer at Creative Review, having previously worked at Elephant, Google Arts & Culture, and It’s Nice That.

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