(TENAFLY, NJ) -- acc gallery presents "Hanji" invitational show from June 19 to July 5, 2023. This features artwork by Ahn, Seongmin; Lee, Jonghan; Lee, Sangbok; Kim, Heather; Yeo, Serena; Kim, Jung Eun; and Park, ln Young. There will be an Opening Reception on Saturday, June 24 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
"Hanji is a unique Korean paper. Because it is made of natural materials such as mulberry and mulberry fiber, hanji has the texture of nature, and hanji is fine and tough due to the traditional manufacturing method, and you can feel a sense of life as if you are alive and breathing.
"Western paper is uniform and standardized, but even if Hanji is produced in the same place and in the same way, it is difficult to make products of the same quality and size uniformly. The diversity of Korean paper can give it as much variety as an art material, and of course, the feeling it gives when used as an art material will appear different. After all, this is unique characteristic of Hanji that brings about the diversity of materials.
"The gentleness, gentleness, simplicity and naturalness felt in Hanji are unique characteristics of Hanji, which can never be felt in Western paper, and this also matches the oriental sentiment."I 've been planned the artists who work by making use of these characteristics of Hanji. I would like to look at the works of various interpretations, from artists who put the meaning of Hanji in itself to those who approach with their own aesthetic language with the Hanji." -- Hobong Kim, curator.
Ahn, Seongmin - Its inside is bigger than it’s outside, was quoted from “Last Battle, Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis. In this book as children enter into a wardrobe, the wardrobe reveals its expansion into another dimension, Narnia. In my painting, by symbolic action and time of opening a drawer, two seemingly separate dimensions become integrated. Two different dimensions are inherently interconnected. It is a matter of how to find connection and openness. Daoism also explains “inherent oneness of polar opposites”. Physicists have proved this interconnection in recent researches in subatomic physics as well.
To depict a drawer I technically reversed conventional linear perspective. With my reversed perspective, a vanishing point is placed in front of a drawer. By using this reverse perspective, I like to imply infinite space inside of a drawer, which represents another dimension. It also signifies dualistic notion of a drawer as an object and also as space.
It’s inside is bigger than it’s outside_peony_03, 36x24, ink and color on mulberry paper, 2016
Lee, Sangbok - "I want to create the appearance of cosmic celestial body. I want to confirm our existence in the appearance of the cosmos. We, the beautiful creatures living in the cosmos, are connected to each other in the cosmos and live by receiving energy of life in cosmos. The birth and death of stars, and the cycle of our lives in the cycle of the cosmos come to mind. Through the appearance of the celestial body in the cosmos, it makes us think about the relationship between the cosmos and humans."
Relationship of Life 4, 60.6x72.7cm, Acrylic, Hanji on Canvas, 2018
Lee, Jonghan - "The images of the houses made of Korean paper piled up in layers remind us of childhood houses and alleys that were close together, and through the expression of the windows decorated in colorful colors and lit up, not only sad memories but also decorative liveliness are expressed. ”
nowhere-2305 64.5×41cm
Kim, Heather - Zhuangzi’s The Butterfly Dream.
“We do not really awaken and so we are not sure of anything"
The Butterfly Dream Series No.01-09
Oriental Painting on Jangl (Mulberry Paper),6”x6” each , 2020-2021
Kim, Jung Eun - "My work involves the creation of Oriental philosophical theory that has intellectually accepted nature as experienced in life and development of nature as a process to understand the universal principle. The concepts that form this theory have inspired me to express my maturity through my artwork"
Circulation- V83
Yeo, Serena - "Using acrylic on traditional Korean paper, I wanted to mimic the texture and feel of watercolors. To achieve this, I used diluted acrylic-gesso, which promotes a vastly different texture from just acrylic on canvas.
Using this method, I tried to express the life of Umma, or “Mother” in Korean. I aimed to capture the steadfastness of mothers, and their ability to withstand and overcome trials and tribulations of their pasts. My main subject, trees, was used here as well in order to help convey the theme."
End, Medium : Acrylic on Hanji Size : 30”x24" 2023
Park, ln Young - "My artistic journey aims to portray my multifaceted identity, bridging the realms of Asian and Western cultures by reflecting upon the customs and experiences during my residences in Singapore, Korea and US.
Drawing inspiration from the profound essence of Korean aesthetics, my work endeavors to depict an inner landscape in a modern light, utilizing the luminosity of mother-of-pearl and the vibrant hues of Korean mulberry paper ("hanji").
The intention behind expressing through the use "hanji," and mother-of-pearl that "a thousand years have passed" is to convey the concepts of light and darkness, transience and eternity. It aimed to capture the eternal nature of life that finite human existence yearns for.
In Young Park is a graduate of Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, M.F.A. and B.F.A at Hong-Ik University in Asian Painting. She remains active in the art community in the New York metropolitan area."
Landscape , 24x36, 2023
Acc gallery is located at 17-19 Washington St. 2nd fl (CVS Building) in Tenafly, New Jersey. Acc gallery specializes in modern and contemporary art. Acc gallery represents and supports international contemporary artists in painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, and installation. The gallery continually seeking for talented and exciting emerging artists to explore and expand the possibilities of their work.
