Artworks 2013 - 2016
Everything exists in relationship to others: part to whole and whole to parts.
The relationships sustain the universe and form ultimate unity.
The unity comes with an understanding of relationships.
My work is a creative event of relationships that seeks unity and equilibrium.
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 mandala 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 "
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
Venus of Willendorf AD 2016_16-01
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
Burden of Emptiness
Light+shadow, gouache and spray paint on nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
11 x 9 x 1.5"
2016
Fountain
Plaster
15 x 7.5 x 7.5"
2016
Life_Self-organizing 15-03
Light+shadow, gouache and collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
10 x 14"
2015
Life_Self-organizing 15-05
Light+shadow, gouache and collage on transparent-colored silk stretched over plexiglass box
Variable size. Maximum 22 x 20"
2015
Venus of Willendorf AD 2015_15-1
Gouache, spray paint, collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
14 x 33 x 2"
2015
Venus of Willendorf AD 2015_15-2
Light+shadow, gouache, graphite pencil, spray paint, collage on clay panel and nobang(Korean transparent colored silk)
14 x 24 x 2"
2015
Life_self-organizing_13-01
Light+shadow, gouache, charcoal and pastel on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
16x20"
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.
Life_self-organizing_13-03
Light, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
12 x 20"
2013
Life_Self-organizing 13-02
Light+shadow, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper and nobang(Korean transparent-colored silk)
20x16"
2013
Life_self-organizing_13-04
mixed media on clayboard and silk
12x30 inch
2013