Art Collection A Night of Stargazing 1
  • Artist
    Lee Kyoung Mi
  • Media
    Oil and acrylic on canvas
  • Location
    L7 HAEUNDAE 3F
  • Description of the Work

    The "New Vertical Painting" series, named by the artist, contains the accumulation of time and space in vertical. On the axis of time, major iconography that appeared in the history of painting is homaged, and contemporary iconographic images are also placed vertically. In addition, on the axis of space, paint of various colors is overlaid dozens of times, and then polished, resulting in an accidental combination of colors. Both lead a spontaneous conflict between images and meaning on a canvas overlaid intention and actions.
    The title of "A Night of Stargazing" contains the artist's homage to the human behavior of observing stars that constantly appears in human history.

  • About the Artist

    The artist, working between the United States, Germany, and Korea, has represented herself by depicting the cat "Nana" on her well known “street series” and continuously expanded artworks to various subjects on a variety of medium. She received the 24th Seokju Art Award in 2019 for the 'New Vertical Painting' series, which pays homage to Albrecht Dürer's 'Apocalypse of John'.
    Artworks contains objects of personal experience and reflections on modern civilization and the cat 'Nana', a symbol of alienation or the artist herself, in surreal scenes that being in harmony with space and time.
    In addition to painting works using various objects, the artist is expanding her scope to figures, installations, media, and digital art.

Lee Kyoung Mi(1977-, Korea)
  • HongIk University