The Present Embracing the Past
Press Release
"The Present Embracing the Past” Press Release
Curated by Director, Sunny Sunwha Shin
Exhibition Date: September 1 - October 5, 2016
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 15, 6 – 8pm
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The Past Embracing the Present is a group exhibition that includes Hyemin Lee, Kwang Young Chun and Meesook Lee. Artworks in the show concentrate on the transcendence of working with materials imbued with personal and cultural meaning. For Hyemin Lee, scraps of old dresses are repurposed as small permanent art objects to create a reminder of the feminine world in a disposable and material age. Kwang Young Chun's work uses very old mulberry paper from Korean texts folded intricately and colored to create vibrant textural landscapes that speak to cultural pasts and their place and meaning in modernity. Meesook Lee's work uses natural objects in modern and sleek shapes and colors to address the origins of humanity and our return to a maternal spring.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
MEESOOK LEE received her education from the illustration department of Hanyang Women's University, and earned her BFA at Chugye University in Seoul. She has held solo shows in New York, New Jersey, and Seoul. She is the recipient of a special prize from the 18th Grand Art Exhibition of Korea.
KWANG YOUNG CHUN received his B.F.A. from Hong-Ik University in Korea and his M.F.A. from Philadelphia College of Art. His illustrious career spans all over the globe. He is the recipient of the Presidential Prize in the 41st Korean Culture and Art Prize, and declared Artist of the Year 2001 by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul.
HYEMIN LEE received her B.F.A. from Seoul National University and her MA from New York University. Solo shows have been held at Design Post, Tenri, HSBC Bank of Seoul, Washington Square Gallery and many more.
