JaeHee

IB Art Drawing & Painting HL


=Desire = = =  I interpreted a variety of desires ranging from usual ones to metaphysical ones. Common desires such as affection and avoiding death are investigated as well as personal desires as an artist - the desire to draw realistically or to use abstraction. My earlier works are inspired by realism and the desire to illustrate perceivable objects. “Burmese Street” is a representative work of this particular concept, where I attempted to portray every single object in my photo. Also, I first trained myself in black and white to study the effect of contrast. The desire to escape from time and death inspired one series of works. In the piece “The Touch of the Inevitable”, I created a parody of the Da Vinci’s “Lady with an Ermine” implying the desire to escape from aging. I utilized classic techniques of early masters such as Da Vinci and Raphael through acrylic paint: sketching with pencil, underpainting, then working layers on top. The brain series, “Eternal Imprisonment”, “Pride”, and “Qin-Shi-Huang-Di”, expresses the desire to evade death. The series was influenced by surrealism: Magritte’s composition of objects and realistic illustration. Hirst’s uncensored imagery of death was another major influence. In contrast to the desire to realistically illustrate, I investigated Giacometti and Klee's gestural lines, abstract shapes and color choices. “Peacock Study” shows my first attempt to incorporate gesture drawing. Braque and Picasso guided me into cubism. “Love Lights more Fires than Hate Extinguishes” shows one of the most primitive human desires - affection. Influenced at seeing Picasso’s “Guernica” in the Reina Sofia Museum, I determined to use my artworks to criticize injustice and violence. In the recent project, “For Democracy”, I expressed the desire of freedom of speech, using the corrupt Korean politics and the media as my subject.



14.5" X 20.5" (37 X 52cm) 2007 Watercolor
 * Self-Portrait**



19" X 25.5" (48 X 65cm) 2008 Pencil
 * Inner Dimension**



14.5" X 20.5" (37 X 52cm) 2007 Colored Pencil
 * Eternal Imprisonment**



18" X 24" (46 X 61cm) 2007 Pastel and Watercolor
 * Pride**



24" X 30" (61 X 76cm) 2008 Acrylic on Canvas
 * Qin-Shi-Huang-Di** **(Emperor of Qin)**



22" X 30" (56 X 76cm) 2007 Acrylic
 * The Touch of the Inevitable**



18" X 24" (46 X 61cm) 2008 Gouache
 * Heaven's Door**



18" X 24" (46 X 61cm) 2008 Oil on Canvas
 * Nonexistent Self-Portrait**



30" X 40" (76 X 101cm) 2008 Oil on Canvas
 * Love Lights More Fires than Hate Extinguishes**



15.5" X 22" (40 X 56cm) 2008 Pencil
 * Burmese Street**



12" X 16" (30 X 40cm) 2009 Pencil
 * Reflective Self-Portrait I**



12" X 16" (30 X 40cm) 2009 Pencil
 * Reflective Self-Portrait II**



19" X 25.5" (48 X 65cm) 2008 Pencil
 * Peacock Study**


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The Magician** 30" X 30" (76 X 76cm) 2008 Acrylic on Canvas



19" X 25.5" (48 X 65cm) 2008 Watercolor
 * The Shamaness**



30" X 40" (76 X 101cm) 2009 Oil on Canvas
 * Autopsy No. 1**