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Last Saturday was killer cold. Felt like 10 below, but the BF and I pulled our hangovers and ourselves outta bed and poured ourselves into a sweet brunch in the EV on the way to Chelsea. You see, we were coming from Greenpoint (BKLN!), so you have to stop and eat on the way lest one or both of us collapse from starvation and exhaustion on such a long and arduous journey. The MTA can be very cruel to North Brooklynites on weekends, by say, hmmmmm, screwing up the L.
After eating, we split up and I headed over to the Chelsea Art Museum. Recently, there have been a series of Asian artists who are either less known or have never been shown on these shores. The latest, on the top floor, So-Bin Park, hails from South Korea. Her show, Toward the Creation of a New Female Myth, was created in Brooklyn, specifically for the museum. Swirling landscapes that end up leading into figures of beastly dragons and striking beauties, with the occasional deities and references to mythology mixed in. She continues on the beauty and beast theme, but with an evolution toward greater abstraction, from what she had shown at the Tenri Cultural Institute back in 2007. These drawings are pretty awesome. The layers and layers of graphite create textures and, and I would dare to say, covering other elements. The colors are what I call the “Holy Trinity”=Red, black, white. You can get sucked into the mazes of (not so straight) lines that her tools created. After that, I was STARVING, again. Off to Blossom for a BLT and fries! http://www.chelseaartmuseum.org/exhibits/2009/park/index.html
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Reply #1 on : Sat January 16, 2010, 05:07:21