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Works from 2017 to present

 

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19-01 Temple 
Light+shadow, graphite pencil, gouache, pastel and collage on nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk). The cast shadow of the painted image on the bottom piece falls on the white wall and it changes in accordance with the surrounding condition. 
15 x 11"
2019

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Works from 2013 to 2016

 

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Fountain

Plaster

15 x 7.5 x 7.5"

2016

 

Beyond the umbilical cord that once connected myself with my mother, I see an invisible umbilical cord everywhere around us that continues to sustain our life in this world. 

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Works from 2000 to 2012



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Untitled 03-02

Gouache on paper and multi layers of nobang (Korean transparent-colored silk) 

19 1/4x 22 1/4"

2003

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3D Models of Self-Portrait 

In 2015, "Life sees itself 15-01, "Life sees itself 15-02," "Life sees itself 15-03" have been developed with the two pastel drawings from my artist residency in Assisi, Italy during 2015 summer. 

 

In 2016, more self-portraits have been created with this 3D model.

They are "Self-portrait;Life sees itself 16-01" and "Self-portrait;Life sees itself 16-02."

 

Two pastel drawings are “A Flower Offering to Santa Chiara in Assisi” and “A Flower Offering to San Francesco in Assisi.” They have been used for texture on my 3D bust. These two drawings can be found in the above "Works from 2013 - present."

 

 

*** 3D scanning credit: Vincent Z. Bohossian at Human-Engine in Culver City

***Character creation credit:  Erica Eunice Riman at Human-Engine under Helena Min's

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"I am the earth; We are the earth; Life sees itself 16-01"

Pastel drawing, 3D scanning, and character creation

Size variable

2016

 

One of the 3D self-portraits, "Life sees itself 15-01," has been incorporated into "Self-portrait as Earth; Life sees itself 16-01." This work is my voice speaking that I am Earth and we are Earth. Only when I/we can extend myself/ourselves to Earth including all living beings and non-living elements on Earth, I/we can respect, cherish, protect and restore Earth, during this critical time of global warming and sustainability. Today's climate change and natural crisis have proclaimed that we are all interconnected.

 

On 11-2-2016, after a few months of contemplation on this work, I've decided to modify the title. The new title is "I am the earth; We are the earth; Life sees itself 16-01."

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"Self-portrait;Life sees itself 16-02"

Pastel drawing, 3D scanning, and character creation

Size variable

2016

 

 

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"Life sees itself 15-01"

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"Life sees itself 15-02"

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"Life sees itself 15-03"

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Works from late 1980s to 1990s 

 

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Untitled 96-30

Mixed media on paper

12 x 10 1/4"

1996

 

It was a time when I was experimenting with burning technique as a way to create black. Black was created by "absence of light". During this period I was more involved with "chance,happening, and accident" by working with left hand(I am right handed), incorporating techniques that did not allow my control much, etc.

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Drawings from 2017 

 

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LD_03-27-2017_#4
Charcoal on paper
18 x 14"
2017

 

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Drawings from 2000 to 2016

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Drawing from life challenges me to the state where my mind and body do nothing but seeing, breathing, and drawing. Drawing is an act as equally demanding as seeing. Drawing, it is still  one of the most difficult challenges I have today.

 

 

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Drawings from late 1980s to 1990s

Semi-abstration begins during this period.

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LD 95-06

Charcoal, gouache and pastel on paper
11 x 14"

1995

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Photography

I learn to see everyday. Photographing what I see and how I see the world around me is an immediate way to capture a transient moment, an effective way to communicate with others, and a way to keep a note of my daily journey to myself.

 

Please go to "I am learning to see everyday" page for more photography works. 

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P 16-02

The soil stain on the road from the house under construction caught my attention. 

2016

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