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WINN REA: FLOW: Process Drawings and Videos from the Field
JUNG RHEE SHIM: the Image of Time-the Light of Being
January 8-February 1, 2014
Reception: Thursday, January 9, 6:00-8:00 PM
WINN REA
"FLOW: Process Drawings and Videos from the Field"
"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." John Muir
The act of making dictates the form of each of the works in, FLOW: Process Drawings and Videos from the Field. Tantric orbs and loops populate small drawings on paper. Color, here,, is limited to the range of pigment found in leaves that are bunched and rolled into drawing tools. Wavering light and pulsing focus animate a shallow depth of field in process videos made in tandem with the drawings, punctuated by a rhythmic flow of sound. These intimate works, created in the field, are residue of a fugitive state of being or awareness.
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JUNG RHEE SHIM
"the Image of Time-the Light of Being"
the Image of Time-the light of Being-1-2, digital photograph, 11"x10", 2012
Detail from Video
In her continuous search for the nature of Being, Shim Jung Rhee has explored various possibilities in which man, nature, and technology can encounter and interact as essential elements to form a unified world. She addresses the concept of time referring to human mortality and a yearning for eternity. The strife between human desire to avoid mortality and the assertive decision to face it comes into focus in her recent work employing mirror images. The images of simple nature, objects, and surroundings compel the viewer to return to the simplicity of nature while restoring our spiritual home, lost in the course of the development of modern technology. Jung Rhee Shim lives and works in Korea where she is a Professor of Painting at the Hong-lk University in Seoul.
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