Sangeun Yu
The 2010 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition
August 17 - September 7, 2010
Reception:
Thursday August 19, 2010 6-8 PM
Press Release
Reinventing the SanSu style of traditional Korean landscape painting, Virginia-based Seoul native Sangeun Yu shifts the emphasis from natural to urban forms. Using acrylic paints, tape and knives, she builds up the layers of the city in spectacular, practically fauvist hues, giving them a vibrant three-dimensional quality against pale, almost empty landscapes. By juxtaposing buildings booming with colorful forms, surrounded by abstracted environments, Sangeun plays on the affective qualities of the city while creating a refreshing space for individual experiences of nature to grow. Her urbanism, saturated with color, is also full of verdant oases.
Artist Statement
In the Korean landscape painting tradition known as SanSu, painters have been concerned with representing the ideal utopian aspects of nature, both in what could be seen and what could not be seen. These days, since Korea is such a densely packed country, we have urban and rural/natural areas side by side. My work applies elements of the SanSu painting tradition to the modern Korean landscape.
My technique involves using tape and a painting knife to make clearly defined shapes, angles, and layers in the work.
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