Artworks 2013 - 2016
Around 2011, I began to work again with the knitted materials, specifically crochet. The first time I worked with this material was in the mid-1990s. In 2015, I’ve begun to see mandalas in crochet. Mandala is a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. Mandala is a visual manifestation of the universe. Mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning "circle." A concentric structure of crochet has been incorporated as a visual manifestation of a domesticated mandala and my homage to unrecognized female labor.
"Venus of Willendorf " is a series of works spun off from "Life_Self-organizing" which began more than 20 years ago when I had just started to witness how life on earth sustains itself through the relationship/system called the pattern of interconnectedness. It didn’t have any specific title for my work then as I was in the beginning stage of wonder and searching for more answers. Although all phenomena are of my interest, light/color and space/void have been the core of my interest.
Colors of Green; California Landscape_with details of the source of colors
Light, gouache on clay board and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
44 x 84 x 2"
2014
Form is emptiness and emptiness is form 16-02; Who am I? What am I? Where am I?
Light+shadow and graphite pencil on nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
14 x 11 X 1.5"
2016
Life_Self-organizing 16-01
Light+shadow, gouache and crochet on layers of nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
17 x 21.5 x 1.5"
2016
Venus of Willendorf AD 2016_16-03
Light+shadow, gouache and collage on paper and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
20 x 25.5"
2016
16-01_Venus of Willendorf AD 2016
Light+shadow, gouache, concentrated ink, graphite pencil, and collage on wood panel, paper, and nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk)
24 x 25.5 x 1.5"
2016
15-03_Life_Self-organizing
Light+shadow, gouache and collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
10 x 14 x 2"
2015
15-01_Venus of Willendorf AD 2015
Gouache, spray paint, collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
14 x 33 x 2"
2015
15-2_Venus of Willendorf AD 2015
Light+shadow, gouache, graphite pencil, spray paint, collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
14 x 24 x 2"
2015
13-04_Life_self-organizing
Gouache, graphite pencil, watercolor, collage, spray paint, collage on clayboard and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
12 x 30 x 2"
2013
Burden of Emptiness
Light+shadow, gouache and spray paint on nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
11 x 9 x 1.5"
2016
13-01_Life_self-organizing
Light+shadow, gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
16 x 20 x 1.5"
2013
"Light" is a medium. Colors are never absolute. Physical light is always one of the important media in my work. With the physical light added to my work, the colors arrive at their complete status.
13-02_Life_Self-organizing
Light+shadow, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
20 x 16 x 2"
2013
13-03_Life_self-organizing
Light, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
12 x 20 x 2"
2013
Fountain
Plaster and tree branch with seed pods
15 x 7.5 x 7.5"
2013