2012. Oil on canvas, 72 × 47¾ in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)
This is the first piece of my Red Scene Series. This canvas is an image of my mother’s kitchen in South Korea as reflected on a polished surface of a red cabinet. It is a lingering memory. This is different from my other works that intertwine different scenes, yet it captures the two key ideas of “threshold” (hidden in-between spaces) and “reflection” (memory) in my work. The intact image of a reflected unpopulated kitchen space evokes my memories of our family. It is a mirage. It is a space for the viewers to fill in their own memories. The window in the kitchen is also found in the previous Threshold_ Bird Mobile.
2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 inch (243.8 × 182.8 cm)
2020. Oil on canvas, 96 × 72 in. (243.8 × 182.8 cm)
2021. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 inch (182.8 × 121.8 cm)
2021-2022. Oil on canvas, 48 × 36 inch (122 × 91.2 cm)
2020. Oil on canvas, 36 × 96 in. (91.4 × 243.8 cm)
2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)
2021. Oil on canvas, 36 × 72 in. (91.4 × 182.8 cm)
2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 60 in. (182.88 × 152.4 cm)
This is a series from Red Scene in 2013, which represents a view of my mother’s kitchen in Seoul, KR reflected within a polished surface of a red cabinet. I juxtaposed my memory of my own kitchen onto the Red Scene canvas. This painting seems to have a wall that divides the viewer from the space within the painting. Interestingly, as I added to the canvas, the emptier the canvas appeared. The painting juxtaposed the comfort of the familiar with the sadness of the unfamiliar.
2015. Oil on canvas, 72 × 48 in. (182.88 × 121.92 cm)
This canvas depicts a party hosted at my home by images reflected by a two way mirror. The mirror images were unable to communicate. Arriving in the Unites States from South Korea, I initially felt a fundamental loneliness. This work tries to evoke the feeling alienation.
2017-2021
2017-2021. Watercolor painted stuffed cotton objects in various sizes, found objects, yarn, felt, plaster stone, sewing pins, clay stands, glass bottles, painted porcelain, wooden shelf, red-tinted plexiglass, 19 ¼ × 37 ½ × 7 ½ inch (49 × 95.2 × 19 cm)
2017-2021. Watercolor painted stuffed cotton objects in various sizes, found objects, yarn, felt, plaster stone, sewing pins, clay stands, glass bottles, painted porcelain, wooden shelf, red-tinted plexiglass, 19 ¼ × 37 ½ × 7 ½ inch (49 × 95.2 × 19 cm)
2021. Watercolor painted stuffed cotton objects, glass button jar, yarn, felt, acrylic on canvas, plaster stone, sewing pins, clay stands, glass bottles, vintage glass flower frog, wooden shelf, red-tinted plexiglass, 19 ¼ × 37 ½ × 7 ½ inch (49 × 95.2 × 19 cm)