버질아메리카 9주년 기념 초대전
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I’m trying to painting very dynamic pictures’
artist Lee Hong-jeon says he paints a picture from a simple point of view, that is, arrangement of colors and lines. “However,” he says,”I try to represent something that is distinctly dynamic and vigorous.”
Lee, a graduate of Jemoolpo High School in Inchon in 1982 and the Seoul University College of Fine Arts in 1986, says his paintings can be divided into three patterns.
In the first place, he says, he does not consider color and space as based on a
different concept but that they combine themselves into one. In other words, color and space interact with each other. This kind of formative patterns, he explains, yield lively yet pleasant sense and a strong image of landscaping.
Secondly, he controls the density of colors with both thick and fine lines before colors are dry out. This way, pictures retain the look of being dynamic.
In the third method, clear and mild touches of colors interact with bold lines. The method also calls for dribbling color and spraying them. Contours will not be clear or regular-looking. Thus, the lines will change freely, but not in a smooth manner. However, profound colors and change of lines create visual pleasure.
The methods mentioned above are inter-related and associated with each other.
Lee, who is a member of Yale Art Gallery, held sold exhibitions many times, beginning with the one at the Kanhoon Gallery in Seoul in 1991.
In the years that followed, he held a one-man exhibition, once a year on a average. In addition, he held group exhibitions on a number of occasions–mostly in Seoul and his hometown of Inchon City on the West Coast.
“I paint pictures based on inner experiences I had. Thus, the pictures can be a part of my life or all of my life. What I consider to be of importance in my works is colors and lines. Colors embrace lines which then emerge as strength, ” Lee explains.
“Images in my paintings demonstrate spiritual landscapes engraved in my heart–not those which are imaginary.”
Most of the objects appearing in his pictures are impersonated, according to the artist
“I try to depict, in my paintings, the innerness of the landscape. Nonetheless, they contain human images. This is because of the method in which objects are expressed by the sense of colors and touch.”
In addition to the solo exhibitions, Lee had his works on display at various group exhibitions at the invitation of art galleries.
