Installation view of 《Observer》 ©LEE EUGEAN GALLERYLEE EUGEAN GALLERY presents 《Observer》, a solo exhibition of Suejin Chung, on view through June 14.
The
unidentified shapes the artist has long called “Monsters”—figures that have
inhabited her psychic realm—have crossed the frontier of disorder and chaos,
expanding into countless icons: Multi-Dimensional Creatures that populate her
canvases.
Clothed in
the inseparable garments of color and form, these figures surface within a
Structure of Meaning of the artist’s own making. The foundation of Chung’s
practice is Budo theory, her evolving visual theory that
renders the world of consciousness visible.
Installation view of 《Observer》 ©LEE EUGEAN GALLERYSystematic,
coherent, and carried out with conviction, her reflections on painting recall
the voyage of a scientist probing an unknown realm until underlying principles
emerge.
This
exhibition brings together some forty works—from her intensely focused New York
period during the pandemic to those completed afterward in Korea—including the
series ‘Sea of the Brain,’ ‘Observer,’ and ‘Pink Sea.’
Installation view of 《Observer》 ©LEE EUGEAN GALLERY“While
painting, I came to call the sum of these unclassifiable figures “Monsters.”
Nameless and indefinable, they nevertheless exist — and proliferate — each time
they appear. For years these enigmatic presences have been both objects of
curiosity and sources of obsession.
I have
continued to wonder why they inhabit a realm of chaos and disorder, and what
compels both the Monsters and their world to exist. I now refer to these
“Monsters” as multi-dimensional creatures: manifestations of human
consciousness clothed in color and form.” (Excerpt from the artist's note)
