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Spinola Hours _ March, April  (diptych)

Spinola Hours _ March, April (diptych)

Installation view of INFEFINITE HISTORIES at the NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 2023

Spinola Hours_March April (diptych)

Spinola Hours_March April (diptych)

2020-2022. Oil on canvas, 60 × 120 in. (152.4 × 304.8 cm)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

 Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

 Spinola Hours_March, April  (detail)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Mask.ing

Mask.ing

2020. Cardboard object on oil painted canvas, 24 × 20 in. ( 61 × 50.8 cm)

Mask.ing (side view)

Mask.ing (side view)

2020. Cardboard object on oil painted canvas, 24 × 20 in. ( 61 × 50.8 cm)

Self Sheltering

Self Sheltering

2020. Acrylic, oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Summer Garage_Kronborg

Summer Garage_Kronborg

2020. Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 in. (228.6 × 177.8 cm)

Things

Things

2021. Watercolor on canvas, 87½ × 60 in. (222.4 × 152.4 cm)

Red Scene_Glyptotek

Red Scene_Glyptotek

2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 inch (243.8 × 182.8 cm)

Red Scene_Cage 1

Red Scene_Cage 1

2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 in. (243.8 × 182.8 cm)

Red Scene_ Cage 1

Red Scene_ Cage 1

2021. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 inch (182.8 × 121.8 cm)

Red Scene_Heads

Red Scene_Heads

2021-2022. Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 inch (122 × 91.2 cm)

Red Scene_Parts

Red Scene_Parts

2020. Oil on canvas, 36 × 96 in. (91.4 × 243.8 cm)

Parts 2021

Parts 2021

2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)

Woven Space

Woven Space

2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)

Structure (diptych)

Structure (diptych)

2022. Oil, charcoal, pastel, paper collage on unprimed canvas, 23.8 × 48 in. (60.5 × 121.8 cm)

Koala in Fish Tank

Koala in Fish Tank

2020-2022. Watercolor, oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in. (182.8 × 152.4 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_3

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_3

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 30 in. (122 × 76 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_2

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_2

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 30 in. (122 × 76 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_1

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_1

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 in. (122 × 91.5 cm)

Twinning_Fiddle Leaf Corner

Twinning_Fiddle Leaf Corner

2019. Watercolor, oil on canvas, 48 × 36 in. (122 × 91.5 cm)

Cactus Mirror

Cactus Mirror

2016. Oil on canvas, 50 × 31 in. (127 × 78.7 cm)

Ridge

Ridge

2016. Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 in. (152.5 × 122 cm)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(L)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(L)

2016. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (183 × 122 cm)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(R)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(R)

2016. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (183 × 122 cm)

Faces (diptych)

Faces (diptych)

2018. Oil, acrylic, charcoal, paper collage on unprimed canvas, 35½ × 70¾ in. (90 × 180 cm)

Daydreaming

Daydreaming

2016. Oil pastel, pastel, conté, oil on raw canvas, 32 × 32 in. (80 × 80 cm)

Characters

Characters

2017. Oil, crayon, pastel, conte on raw canvas, 63 × 67¼ in. (160 × 171 cm)

Finding Connections

Finding Connections

2017-2018. Acrylic, water colored stuffed cotton object, oil pastel, crayon, cotton yarn, gesso on raw canvas, 63 × 48 in. (160.2 × 122 cm)

Unraveling

Unraveling

2017. Charcoal, oil on raw canvas, 63 x 67 in. (160 x 170 cm)

Shapes in Blue

Shapes in Blue

2017. Acrylic, crayon on raw canvas, 69 × 71½ in. (175 × 181 cm)

Sizing

Sizing

2017-2018. Gesso, acrylic, crayon, pastel, conté on raw canvas, 63 × 48 in. (160.02 × 121.92 cm)

Origami (diptych)

Origami (diptych)

2017. Oil pastel, acrylic, ink on canvas, 78 × 60 in. (198 × 152 cm)

Vinyl Drawing

Vinyl Drawing

2017. Latex, acrylic on vinyl, 65 × 68 in. (165 × 172.5 cm)

*installed on Unrevealing

Detail of Vinyl Drawing

 Detail of   Vinyl Drawing

Detail of Vinyl Drawing

Beehive_Web

Beehive_Web

2015. Oil on canvas, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Behind the Walls

Behind the Walls

2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)

This canvas depicts a party hosted at my home by images reflected by a two way mirror. The mirror images were unable to communicate. Arriving in the Unites States from South Korea, I initially felt a fundamental loneliness. This work tries to evoke the feeling alienation.


 

Red Scene_ Avon

Red Scene_ Avon

2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in. (182.88 × 152.4 cm)

This is a series from Red Scene in 2013, which represents a view of my mother’s kitchen in Seoul, KR reflected within a polished surface of a red cabinet. I juxtaposed my memory of my own kitchen onto the Red Scene canvas. This painting seems to have a wall that divides the viewer from the space within the painting. Interestingly, as I added to the canvas, the emptier the canvas appeared. The painting juxtaposed the comfort of the familiar with the sadness of the unfamiliar.

Statue

Statue

2015. Oil on canvas, 42 × 36 in. (106.68 × 91.44 cm)

Maze

Maze

2015. Oil on canvas, 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)

Excavation

Excavation

2015. Oil on canvas, 18 × 20¾ in. (46 × 53 cm)

Landscape (diptych)

Landscape (diptych)

2015. Oil on canvas, 30 × 80 in. (76.2 × 203.2 cm)

Sculpainter

Sculpainter

2015. Oil on canvas, 51 × 63¾ in. (129.54 × 162 cm)

Threshold_Carousel (Diptych)

Threshold_Carousel (Diptych)

2011-2012. Oil on canvas, 64 × 102¼ in. (162.5 × 259.7 cm)

This diptych is part of my continuing Threshold Series. This painting is a visual attempt to capture fragments of my memories of the historic Jane’s Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Beehive_2

Beehive_2

2012-2013. Acrylic, glossy gel medium on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Beehive_1

Beehive_1

2012-2013. Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Beehive_Library + Stair

Beehive_Library + Stair

2012-2013. Acrylic, glossy gel medium on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Knitting Sandy Beach

Knitting Sandy Beach

2013. Oil on canvas, 50 × 68 in. (127 × 172.72 cm)

This work reflects my interest in an abstract expression of the notion of “threshold,” deemphasizing  figurative image associations. Borrowing images from the previous work Threshold_Mirror, knitting is a visually simplified diagram of mixing images and structuring narratives in an abstract way.

Threshold_Sand Castle

Threshold_Sand Castle

2012. Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 in. (228.6 × 177.8 cm)

Threshold_Mirror

Threshold_Mirror

2012. Oil on canvas, 120 × 96 in. (304.8 × 243.8 cm) (Four panels)

Composition_Audiences

Composition_Audiences

2012. Oil, acrylic on canvas, 72 × 78 in. (183 × 198 cm)

Structure Study_Mirror

Structure Study_Mirror

2012-2013. Oil, acrylic on canvas, 90 × 84 in. (228.6 × 213.5 cm)

Red Scene

Red Scene

2012. Oil on canvas, 72 × 47¾ in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)

This is the first piece of my Red Scene Series. This canvas is an image of my mother’s kitchen in South Korea as reflected on a polished surface of a red cabinet. It is a lingering memory. This is different from my other works that intertwine different scenes, yet it captures the two key ideas of “threshold” (hidden in-between spaces) and “reflection” (memory) in my work. The intact image of a reflected unpopulated kitchen space evokes my memories of our family. It is a mirage. It is a space for the viewers to fill in their own memories. The window in the kitchen is also found in the previous Threshold_ Bird Mobile.

Threshold_Bird Mobile

Threshold_Bird Mobile

2012-2013. Oil on canvas, 72 × 72 in. (182.88 × 182.88 cm)

This is a major piece in my Threshold Series. “Threshold” implies an in-between space that both exists and is hidden from our awareness. It is a synthetic space created out of my merged memories. In the work, my memories of a garden in East Hampton, bird mobiles, baby pictures, and photography studios from different places and times overlap and converge. Borrowing from Jean Baudrillard, a simulacra becomes even more real than reality. The window depicted in this work is the same window in the next work Red Scene that connects the two pieces.

Herb

Herb

2010, oil on canvas, 36 × 24 inch ( 91.5 × 61 cm)

Herb_Iggy

Herb_Iggy

2010, oil on canvas, 36 × 24 inch ( 91.5 × 61 cm)

Threshold_Sandy Beach_1

Threshold_Sandy Beach_1

2011, oil on canvas, 88½ × 72 in. (225 × 183 cm), (2 panels)

National G. + Sand castle

National G. + Sand castle

2009, oil on canvas, 76¼ × 51 ¼ in. (194 × 130.3 cm)

Mumbei + Rm.

Mumbei + Rm.

2008-2009, oil on canvas, 89½ × 71½ in. (227.3 × 181.8 cm)

National G. + Rm._Stairway (Diptych)

National G. + Rm._Stairway (Diptych)

2009, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 127½ in. (200 × 324 cm)

 

Farmers B. + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

Farmers B. + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

2009, oil on canvas, 51 × 127½ in. (130 × 324 cm)

Venice + Knitting table (Triptych)

Venice + Knitting table (Triptych)

2008, oil on canvas, 45¼ × 99¼ in. (115 × 252 cm)

Café Ceci Cela + Rm._1

Café Ceci Cela + Rm._1

2007, oil on canvas, 51¾ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.3 cm)

Café  Ceci Cela + Rm._2

Café Ceci Cela + Rm._2

2007, oil on canvas, 51¾ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.3 cm)

Ropeless Kite (diptych)

Ropeless Kite (diptych)

2007, oil, conté, graphite, charcoal on canvas, 35¾ × 25½ in. (91 × 65 cm), 35¾ × 28½ in. (91 × 72.5 cm)

Reflection (Triptych)

Reflection (Triptych)

2008, oil on canvas, oil on mirror, 28½ × 24 in. (72.5 × 60.8 cm) (canvases), 25½ × 49 in. (65 × 124.5 cm) (mirror)

Installation view at solo exhibition: Reflective Surface at ARARIO gallery, Seoul in 2008

A.Seo + Dining Rm

A.Seo + Dining Rm

Installation view at solo exhibition: Reflective Surface at ARARIO gallery, Seoul in 2008

A. Seo + Dining Rm. (Diptych)

A. Seo + Dining Rm. (Diptych)

2008, oil on canvas, 89½ × 143½ in. (227.3 × 364 cm)

Erechtheion + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

Erechtheion + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

2007. oil on canvas, 89½ × 129 in. (227.3 × 328 cm) (2panels)

Colosseum + Dressing Table_2

Colosseum + Dressing Table_2

2007. Oil on canvas, 63¾ × 89½ in. (162 × 227.3 cm)

Colosseum + Dressing Table_3

Colosseum + Dressing Table_3

2007, oil on canvas, 63¾ × 89½ in. (162 × 227.3 cm)

 

Colosseum + Dressing Table_1

Colosseum + Dressing Table_1

2006, oil on canvas, 59 × 86¾ in. (150 × 220 cm)

Parthenon + PIC_Jenga

Parthenon + PIC_Jenga

2006, oil on canvas, 67 × 88½ in. (170 × 225 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_4

Smithsonian + Rm_4

2007, oil on canvas, 72½ × 89¼ in. (182 × 227 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_3

Smithsonian + Rm_3

2007, oil on canvas, 89½ × 63¾ in. (227.3 × 162 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_2

Smithsonian + Rm_2

2007, oil on canvas, 64 × 78¾ in. (167 × 200 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_1

Smithsonian + Rm_1

2005, acrylic on canvas, 44 × 57¼ in. (112 × 145.5 cm)

MoMA + Rm._2

MoMA + Rm._2

2006, oil on canvas, 67 × 51 in. (170 × 130 cm)

MoMA + Studio_5

MoMA + Studio_5

2008, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

MoMA + Rm._3

MoMA + Rm._3

2008, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

MoMA + Studio_1 (Diptych)

MoMA + Studio_1 (Diptych)

2006, oil on canvas, 63 × 78¾ in. (160 × 200 cm)

MoMA + Studio_3

MoMA + Studio_3

2006, oil on canvas, 51 × 68¾ in. (130 × 175 cm)

MoMA + Studio_4

MoMA + Studio_4

2006, oil on canvas, 51 × 68¾ in. (130 × 175 cm)

MoMA + Rm._1

MoMA + Rm._1

2006, oil on canvas, 63 × 83¾ in. (160 × 213 cm) (2 panels)

Assisi de San Francesco + Rm.

Assisi de San Francesco + Rm.

2007, oil on canvas, 57¼ × 89½ in. (145.5 × 227.3 cm)

Frick Garden + Rm.

Frick Garden + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 51¼ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.9 cm)

Frick Garden + Rm._1 (Diptych)

Frick Garden + Rm._1 (Diptych)

2005, oil on canvas, 51¼ × 149¼ in. (130 × 378.8 cm)

Café Lalo + Studio

Café Lalo + Studio

2005, acrylic on canvas, photograph, glass, wooden frame, 35½ × 94¾ inch (90 × 241 cm) (Three panels)

Sham + Rm.

Sham + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 39¼ × 90½ in. (100 × 230 cm)

Met + Rm.

Met + Rm.

2004, inkjet printed OHP film, acrylic on canvas, 63 × 94¾ in. (160 × 214 cm) (3 panels)

G. Museum + Studio (Diptych)

G. Museum + Studio (Diptych)

2005, acrylic on canvas, 76¼ × 86½ in. (194 × 220 cm)

G. Museum + Studio

G. Museum + Studio

2005, acrylic on canvas, 76¼ × 86½ in. (194 × 220 cm)

Installation view at Window gallery at gallery Hyundai in 2005

Gothic + Rm.

Gothic + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

Gothic + Sand Castle

Gothic + Sand Castle

2007, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

Tablecloths

Tablecloths

2004, oil on canvas, 51¼ × 63¾ in. (130.3 × 162 cm)

Inner Space_Cupboard

Inner Space_Cupboard

2004, acrylic on canvas, 51¼ × 63¾ in. (130.3 × 162 cm)

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, H: 8 feet (300 cm), dimensions variable (5 pieces)

Installation view at Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul in 2004

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide (detail)

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide (detail)

2004, oil on mirror, 22¾ × 15¾ in. (58 × 40 cm)

Inner Space-Dressing Table

Inner Space-Dressing Table

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas panel, 61¾ × 25½ in. (157 × 65 cm: mirror), 61¾ × 87½ in. (157 × 222 cm: canvases) (3 panels)

Inner Space-Dressing Table (detail)

Inner Space-Dressing Table (detail)

Desktop Series_1 (Triptych)

Desktop Series_1 (Triptych)

2004, graphite, acrylic on canvas, 35½ × 111 in. (90 × 282 cm)

Inner Space-Suitcase

Inner Space-Suitcase

2003, acrylic on canvas, 47¼ × 19½ in. (120 × 50 cm), 2 panels

Cafe + Studio

Cafe + Studio

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, size variable

Window II in Frame

Window II in Frame

2003, acrylic on paper, 31½ × 39¼ in. (80 × 100 cm)

Window I-Interactive

Window I-Interactive

2003, oil on mirror, wooden molding frame, 30 × 53½ in. (76 × 136 cm)

Window III in Living Rm

Window III in Living Rm

2003, acrylic on canvas, 47¼ × 55¼, 35¾ × 16¼, 44¼ × 59¾ in., (120 × 140.5, 91 × 41, 112.5 × 152 cm) (Three canvas panels)

Installation view with Window I-Interactive at gallery ARTINUS, Seoul in 2003

Window III in Living Rm

Window III in Living Rm

2003, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, 47½ × 55½, 51 × 63¾, 45 × 51 in., (120 × 140.5, 130 × 162, 115 × 130 cm) (from the left, four panels)

Installation view at gallery ARTINUS, Seoul in 2003

Confusion of Daily Space

Confusion of Daily Space

2001, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas, 57¼ × 44 in., (145.5 × 112.1 cm)

Confusion of Daily Space_2

Confusion of Daily Space_2

2001. Acrylic, masking tape on canvas panel, 102¼ × 167¼ in., (260 × 425 cm: Left wall), 102¼ × 118 in. (260 × 300 cm: Right wall) (13 pieces of shaped canvas panel)

Installation view of two-person show: Jihyun Lee and Youngjoo Lim at HelloArt Gallery, Seoul 2001

Confusion of Daily Space (Detail)

Confusion of Daily Space (Detail)

Cabbage Doll Sawing Machine and National Geographic

Cabbage Doll Sawing Machine and National Geographic

2001, acrylic on canvas, 28½ × 35¾ in. (72.7 × 90.9 cm)

Confusion Daily Space

Confusion Daily Space

2000, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas panel, carpet, stainless steel stool, appx. 177 × 63 × 110 in. (450 × 160 × 280 cm)

Interior Study

Interior Study

1999, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas, 28½ × 23¾ in. (72.7 × 60.6 cm)

Behind Walls

Behind Walls

1999, acrylic on plaster on wooden panel, 48¾ × 48¾ in. (124 × 124 cm)

Itinerary

Itinerary

1999, acrylic on plaster on wooden panel, 48¾ × 48¾ in. (124 × 124 cm)

Study for Binder

Study for Binder

1999, chemical pigment, industrial binder, charcoal, pastel on canvas, 28½ × 23¾ in. (72.7 × 60.6 cm)

Deviation

Deviation

1999, inkjet printed OHP film, acrylic on canvas, plexiglass, 8¼ × 11½ in. (21 × 29 cm) (each/8 panels)

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Spinola Hours _ March, April (diptych)

Installation view of INFEFINITE HISTORIES at the NewAlliance Foundation Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 2023

Spinola Hours_March April (diptych)

2020-2022. Oil on canvas, 60 × 120 in. (152.4 × 304.8 cm)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)

Mask.ing

2020. Cardboard object on oil painted canvas, 24 × 20 in. ( 61 × 50.8 cm)

Mask.ing (side view)

2020. Cardboard object on oil painted canvas, 24 × 20 in. ( 61 × 50.8 cm)

Self Sheltering

2020. Acrylic, oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Summer Garage_Kronborg

2020. Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 in. (228.6 × 177.8 cm)

Things

2021. Watercolor on canvas, 87½ × 60 in. (222.4 × 152.4 cm)

Red Scene_Glyptotek

2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 inch (243.8 × 182.8 cm)

Red Scene_Cage 1

2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 in. (243.8 × 182.8 cm)

Red Scene_ Cage 1

2021. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 inch (182.8 × 121.8 cm)

Red Scene_Heads

2021-2022. Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 inch (122 × 91.2 cm)

Red Scene_Parts

2020. Oil on canvas, 36 × 96 in. (91.4 × 243.8 cm)

Parts 2021

2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)

Woven Space

2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)

Structure (diptych)

2022. Oil, charcoal, pastel, paper collage on unprimed canvas, 23.8 × 48 in. (60.5 × 121.8 cm)

Koala in Fish Tank

2020-2022. Watercolor, oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in. (182.8 × 152.4 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_3

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 30 in. (122 × 76 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_2

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 30 in. (122 × 76 cm)

Pet Plants_Fish Tank_1

2020. Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 in. (122 × 91.5 cm)

Twinning_Fiddle Leaf Corner

2019. Watercolor, oil on canvas, 48 × 36 in. (122 × 91.5 cm)

Cactus Mirror

2016. Oil on canvas, 50 × 31 in. (127 × 78.7 cm)

Ridge

2016. Oil on canvas, 60 × 48 in. (152.5 × 122 cm)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(L)

2016. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (183 × 122 cm)

Blue Forest (diptych)_(R)

2016. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (183 × 122 cm)

Faces (diptych)

2018. Oil, acrylic, charcoal, paper collage on unprimed canvas, 35½ × 70¾ in. (90 × 180 cm)

Daydreaming

2016. Oil pastel, pastel, conté, oil on raw canvas, 32 × 32 in. (80 × 80 cm)

Characters

2017. Oil, crayon, pastel, conte on raw canvas, 63 × 67¼ in. (160 × 171 cm)

Finding Connections

2017-2018. Acrylic, water colored stuffed cotton object, oil pastel, crayon, cotton yarn, gesso on raw canvas, 63 × 48 in. (160.2 × 122 cm)

Unraveling

2017. Charcoal, oil on raw canvas, 63 x 67 in. (160 x 170 cm)

Shapes in Blue

2017. Acrylic, crayon on raw canvas, 69 × 71½ in. (175 × 181 cm)

Sizing

2017-2018. Gesso, acrylic, crayon, pastel, conté on raw canvas, 63 × 48 in. (160.02 × 121.92 cm)

Origami (diptych)

2017. Oil pastel, acrylic, ink on canvas, 78 × 60 in. (198 × 152 cm)

Vinyl Drawing

2017. Latex, acrylic on vinyl, 65 × 68 in. (165 × 172.5 cm)

*installed on Unrevealing

Detail of Vinyl Drawing

Detail of Vinyl Drawing

Beehive_Web

2015. Oil on canvas, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Behind the Walls

2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)

This canvas depicts a party hosted at my home by images reflected by a two way mirror. The mirror images were unable to communicate. Arriving in the Unites States from South Korea, I initially felt a fundamental loneliness. This work tries to evoke the feeling alienation.


 

Red Scene_ Avon

2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in. (182.88 × 152.4 cm)

This is a series from Red Scene in 2013, which represents a view of my mother’s kitchen in Seoul, KR reflected within a polished surface of a red cabinet. I juxtaposed my memory of my own kitchen onto the Red Scene canvas. This painting seems to have a wall that divides the viewer from the space within the painting. Interestingly, as I added to the canvas, the emptier the canvas appeared. The painting juxtaposed the comfort of the familiar with the sadness of the unfamiliar.

Statue

2015. Oil on canvas, 42 × 36 in. (106.68 × 91.44 cm)

Maze

2015. Oil on canvas, 24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)

Excavation

2015. Oil on canvas, 18 × 20¾ in. (46 × 53 cm)

Landscape (diptych)

2015. Oil on canvas, 30 × 80 in. (76.2 × 203.2 cm)

Sculpainter

2015. Oil on canvas, 51 × 63¾ in. (129.54 × 162 cm)

Threshold_Carousel (Diptych)

2011-2012. Oil on canvas, 64 × 102¼ in. (162.5 × 259.7 cm)

This diptych is part of my continuing Threshold Series. This painting is a visual attempt to capture fragments of my memories of the historic Jane’s Carousel at Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Beehive_2

2012-2013. Acrylic, glossy gel medium on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Beehive_1

2012-2013. Acrylic on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Beehive_Library + Stair

2012-2013. Acrylic, glossy gel medium on canvas, 60 × 72 in. (152.4 × 182.8 cm)

Knitting Sandy Beach

2013. Oil on canvas, 50 × 68 in. (127 × 172.72 cm)

This work reflects my interest in an abstract expression of the notion of “threshold,” deemphasizing  figurative image associations. Borrowing images from the previous work Threshold_Mirror, knitting is a visually simplified diagram of mixing images and structuring narratives in an abstract way.

Threshold_Sand Castle

2012. Oil on canvas, 90 × 70 in. (228.6 × 177.8 cm)

Threshold_Mirror

2012. Oil on canvas, 120 × 96 in. (304.8 × 243.8 cm) (Four panels)

Composition_Audiences

2012. Oil, acrylic on canvas, 72 × 78 in. (183 × 198 cm)

Structure Study_Mirror

2012-2013. Oil, acrylic on canvas, 90 × 84 in. (228.6 × 213.5 cm)

Red Scene

2012. Oil on canvas, 72 × 47¾ in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)

This is the first piece of my Red Scene Series. This canvas is an image of my mother’s kitchen in South Korea as reflected on a polished surface of a red cabinet. It is a lingering memory. This is different from my other works that intertwine different scenes, yet it captures the two key ideas of “threshold” (hidden in-between spaces) and “reflection” (memory) in my work. The intact image of a reflected unpopulated kitchen space evokes my memories of our family. It is a mirage. It is a space for the viewers to fill in their own memories. The window in the kitchen is also found in the previous Threshold_ Bird Mobile.

Threshold_Bird Mobile

2012-2013. Oil on canvas, 72 × 72 in. (182.88 × 182.88 cm)

This is a major piece in my Threshold Series. “Threshold” implies an in-between space that both exists and is hidden from our awareness. It is a synthetic space created out of my merged memories. In the work, my memories of a garden in East Hampton, bird mobiles, baby pictures, and photography studios from different places and times overlap and converge. Borrowing from Jean Baudrillard, a simulacra becomes even more real than reality. The window depicted in this work is the same window in the next work Red Scene that connects the two pieces.

Herb

2010, oil on canvas, 36 × 24 inch ( 91.5 × 61 cm)

Herb_Iggy

2010, oil on canvas, 36 × 24 inch ( 91.5 × 61 cm)

Threshold_Sandy Beach_1

2011, oil on canvas, 88½ × 72 in. (225 × 183 cm), (2 panels)

National G. + Sand castle

2009, oil on canvas, 76¼ × 51 ¼ in. (194 × 130.3 cm)

Mumbei + Rm.

2008-2009, oil on canvas, 89½ × 71½ in. (227.3 × 181.8 cm)

National G. + Rm._Stairway (Diptych)

2009, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 127½ in. (200 × 324 cm)

 

Farmers B. + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

2009, oil on canvas, 51 × 127½ in. (130 × 324 cm)

Venice + Knitting table (Triptych)

2008, oil on canvas, 45¼ × 99¼ in. (115 × 252 cm)

Café Ceci Cela + Rm._1

2007, oil on canvas, 51¾ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.3 cm)

Café Ceci Cela + Rm._2

2007, oil on canvas, 51¾ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.3 cm)

Ropeless Kite (diptych)

2007, oil, conté, graphite, charcoal on canvas, 35¾ × 25½ in. (91 × 65 cm), 35¾ × 28½ in. (91 × 72.5 cm)

Reflection (Triptych)

2008, oil on canvas, oil on mirror, 28½ × 24 in. (72.5 × 60.8 cm) (canvases), 25½ × 49 in. (65 × 124.5 cm) (mirror)

Installation view at solo exhibition: Reflective Surface at ARARIO gallery, Seoul in 2008

A.Seo + Dining Rm

Installation view at solo exhibition: Reflective Surface at ARARIO gallery, Seoul in 2008

A. Seo + Dining Rm. (Diptych)

2008, oil on canvas, 89½ × 143½ in. (227.3 × 364 cm)

Erechtheion + Jeju Studio (Diptych)

2007. oil on canvas, 89½ × 129 in. (227.3 × 328 cm) (2panels)

Colosseum + Dressing Table_2

2007. Oil on canvas, 63¾ × 89½ in. (162 × 227.3 cm)

Colosseum + Dressing Table_3

2007, oil on canvas, 63¾ × 89½ in. (162 × 227.3 cm)

 

Colosseum + Dressing Table_1

2006, oil on canvas, 59 × 86¾ in. (150 × 220 cm)

Parthenon + PIC_Jenga

2006, oil on canvas, 67 × 88½ in. (170 × 225 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_4

2007, oil on canvas, 72½ × 89¼ in. (182 × 227 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_3

2007, oil on canvas, 89½ × 63¾ in. (227.3 × 162 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_2

2007, oil on canvas, 64 × 78¾ in. (167 × 200 cm)

Smithsonian + Rm_1

2005, acrylic on canvas, 44 × 57¼ in. (112 × 145.5 cm)

MoMA + Rm._2

2006, oil on canvas, 67 × 51 in. (170 × 130 cm)

MoMA + Studio_5

2008, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

MoMA + Rm._3

2008, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

MoMA + Studio_1 (Diptych)

2006, oil on canvas, 63 × 78¾ in. (160 × 200 cm)

MoMA + Studio_3

2006, oil on canvas, 51 × 68¾ in. (130 × 175 cm)

MoMA + Studio_4

2006, oil on canvas, 51 × 68¾ in. (130 × 175 cm)

MoMA + Rm._1

2006, oil on canvas, 63 × 83¾ in. (160 × 213 cm) (2 panels)

Assisi de San Francesco + Rm.

2007, oil on canvas, 57¼ × 89½ in. (145.5 × 227.3 cm)

Frick Garden + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 51¼ × 76¼ in. (130.3 × 193.9 cm)

Frick Garden + Rm._1 (Diptych)

2005, oil on canvas, 51¼ × 149¼ in. (130 × 378.8 cm)

Café Lalo + Studio

2005, acrylic on canvas, photograph, glass, wooden frame, 35½ × 94¾ inch (90 × 241 cm) (Three panels)

Sham + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 39¼ × 90½ in. (100 × 230 cm)

Met + Rm.

2004, inkjet printed OHP film, acrylic on canvas, 63 × 94¾ in. (160 × 214 cm) (3 panels)

G. Museum + Studio (Diptych)

2005, acrylic on canvas, 76¼ × 86½ in. (194 × 220 cm)

G. Museum + Studio

2005, acrylic on canvas, 76¼ × 86½ in. (194 × 220 cm)

Installation view at Window gallery at gallery Hyundai in 2005

Gothic + Rm.

2005, acrylic on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

Gothic + Sand Castle

2007, oil on canvas, 78¾ × 63¾ in. (200 × 162 cm)

Tablecloths

2004, oil on canvas, 51¼ × 63¾ in. (130.3 × 162 cm)

Inner Space_Cupboard

2004, acrylic on canvas, 51¼ × 63¾ in. (130.3 × 162 cm)

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, H: 8 feet (300 cm), dimensions variable (5 pieces)

Installation view at Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul in 2004

Window IV-Indian Red Oxide (detail)

2004, oil on mirror, 22¾ × 15¾ in. (58 × 40 cm)

Inner Space-Dressing Table

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas panel, 61¾ × 25½ in. (157 × 65 cm: mirror), 61¾ × 87½ in. (157 × 222 cm: canvases) (3 panels)

Inner Space-Dressing Table (detail)

Desktop Series_1 (Triptych)

2004, graphite, acrylic on canvas, 35½ × 111 in. (90 × 282 cm)

Inner Space-Suitcase

2003, acrylic on canvas, 47¼ × 19½ in. (120 × 50 cm), 2 panels

Cafe + Studio

2004, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, size variable

Window II in Frame

2003, acrylic on paper, 31½ × 39¼ in. (80 × 100 cm)

Window I-Interactive

2003, oil on mirror, wooden molding frame, 30 × 53½ in. (76 × 136 cm)

Window III in Living Rm

2003, acrylic on canvas, 47¼ × 55¼, 35¾ × 16¼, 44¼ × 59¾ in., (120 × 140.5, 91 × 41, 112.5 × 152 cm) (Three canvas panels)

Installation view with Window I-Interactive at gallery ARTINUS, Seoul in 2003

Window III in Living Rm

2003, oil on mirror, acrylic on canvas, 47½ × 55½, 51 × 63¾, 45 × 51 in., (120 × 140.5, 130 × 162, 115 × 130 cm) (from the left, four panels)

Installation view at gallery ARTINUS, Seoul in 2003

Confusion of Daily Space

2001, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas, 57¼ × 44 in., (145.5 × 112.1 cm)

Confusion of Daily Space_2

2001. Acrylic, masking tape on canvas panel, 102¼ × 167¼ in., (260 × 425 cm: Left wall), 102¼ × 118 in. (260 × 300 cm: Right wall) (13 pieces of shaped canvas panel)

Installation view of two-person show: Jihyun Lee and Youngjoo Lim at HelloArt Gallery, Seoul 2001

Confusion of Daily Space (Detail)

Cabbage Doll Sawing Machine and National Geographic

2001, acrylic on canvas, 28½ × 35¾ in. (72.7 × 90.9 cm)

Confusion Daily Space

2000, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas panel, carpet, stainless steel stool, appx. 177 × 63 × 110 in. (450 × 160 × 280 cm)

Interior Study

1999, acrylic, inkjet printed OHP film on canvas, 28½ × 23¾ in. (72.7 × 60.6 cm)

Behind Walls

1999, acrylic on plaster on wooden panel, 48¾ × 48¾ in. (124 × 124 cm)

Itinerary

1999, acrylic on plaster on wooden panel, 48¾ × 48¾ in. (124 × 124 cm)

Study for Binder

1999, chemical pigment, industrial binder, charcoal, pastel on canvas, 28½ × 23¾ in. (72.7 × 60.6 cm)

Deviation

1999, inkjet printed OHP film, acrylic on canvas, plexiglass, 8¼ × 11½ in. (21 × 29 cm) (each/8 panels)

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Deviation (detail)

1999. Acrylic, binder, OHP film on canvas, 21 × 19.7 cm

Spinola Hours _ March, April  (diptych)
Spinola Hours_March April (diptych)
Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)
 Spinola Hours_March, April (detail)
 Spinola Hours_March, April  (detail)
Mask.ing
Mask.ing (side view)
Self Sheltering
Summer Garage_Kronborg
Things
Red Scene_Glyptotek
Red Scene_Cage 1
Red Scene_ Cage 1
Red Scene_Heads
Red Scene_Parts
Parts 2021
Woven Space
Structure (diptych)
Koala in Fish Tank
Pet Plants_Fish Tank_3
Pet Plants_Fish Tank_2
Pet Plants_Fish Tank_1
Twinning_Fiddle Leaf Corner
Cactus Mirror
Ridge
Blue Forest (diptych)_(L)
Blue Forest (diptych)_(R)
Faces (diptych)
Daydreaming
Characters
Finding Connections
Unraveling
Shapes in Blue
Sizing
Origami (diptych)
Vinyl Drawing
 Detail of   Vinyl Drawing
Beehive_Web
Behind the Walls
Red Scene_ Avon
Statue
Maze
Excavation
Landscape (diptych)
Sculpainter
Threshold_Carousel (Diptych)
Beehive_2
Beehive_1
Beehive_Library + Stair
Knitting Sandy Beach
Threshold_Sand Castle
Threshold_Mirror
Composition_Audiences
Structure Study_Mirror
Red Scene
Threshold_Bird Mobile
Herb
Herb_Iggy
Threshold_Sandy Beach_1
National G. + Sand castle
Mumbei + Rm.
National G. + Rm._Stairway (Diptych)
Farmers B. + Jeju Studio (Diptych)
Venice + Knitting table (Triptych)
Café Ceci Cela + Rm._1
Café  Ceci Cela + Rm._2
Ropeless Kite (diptych)
Reflection (Triptych)
A.Seo + Dining Rm
A. Seo + Dining Rm. (Diptych)
Erechtheion + Jeju Studio (Diptych)
Colosseum + Dressing Table_2
Colosseum + Dressing Table_3
Colosseum + Dressing Table_1
Parthenon + PIC_Jenga
Smithsonian + Rm_4
Smithsonian + Rm_3
Smithsonian + Rm_2
Smithsonian + Rm_1
MoMA + Rm._2
MoMA + Studio_5
MoMA + Rm._3
MoMA + Studio_1 (Diptych)
MoMA + Studio_3
MoMA + Studio_4
MoMA + Rm._1
Assisi de San Francesco + Rm.
Frick Garden + Rm.
Frick Garden + Rm._1 (Diptych)
Café Lalo + Studio
Sham + Rm.
Met + Rm.
G. Museum + Studio (Diptych)
G. Museum + Studio
Gothic + Rm.
Gothic + Sand Castle
Tablecloths
Inner Space_Cupboard
Window IV-Indian Red Oxide
Window IV-Indian Red Oxide (detail)
Inner Space-Dressing Table
Inner Space-Dressing Table (detail)
Desktop Series_1 (Triptych)
Inner Space-Suitcase
Cafe + Studio
Window II in Frame
Window I-Interactive
Window III in Living Rm
Window III in Living Rm
Confusion of Daily Space
Confusion of Daily Space_2
Confusion of Daily Space (Detail)
Cabbage Doll Sawing Machine and National Geographic
Confusion Daily Space
Interior Study
Behind Walls
Itinerary
Study for Binder
Deviation
Deviation (detail)
Deviation (detail)
Deviation (detail)
Deviation (detail)
Deviation (detail)
Deviation (detail)