Sooyeon Hong
홍수연의 작업 과정은 크게 세 단계로 나눌 수 있다. 먼저 화폭에 물 든다. 그 다음, 추상적 형상을 배치한다. 형상들은 무작위로 섞이어 어울리기 보다는 등가적인 힘으로 긴장감 있는 균형을 유지하도록 철저한 계산아래 치밀하게 배치된다. 마지막으로 몇 겹의 물감을 구축하는 과정을 거쳐, 처음의 평면적 형태를 부피와 음영을 가진 입체적 형상으로 서서히 변모시키며 구체화한다. 이런 과정을 거쳐 완성된 홍수연의 그림은 현실을 벗어난 미지의 공간을 부유하는 추상적 형상을 창출한다. 그것은 특유의 색감을 풍기는 블루, 그린, 그레이 계열의 채도와 명도가 경감된 색채들과 단순한 조형미가 은은히 빛을 발하는 단정한 회화적 공간 위에 펼쳐짐으로 모호한 이중성을 띤다. 하나의 느낌으로 규정되지 않는 모호함은 홍수연 작품 전반에 나타나는 중요한 서정이다. “통제와 균형속의 분출, 그 일탈을 향한 욕망”_이필(미술평론가)
Sooyeon Hong’s work process can be explained in three stages. First, she builds a background with layers of paints, dispensing with any visible spots or brush strokes. Numbers of layers creates a subtle neutral background color. Afterwards, she places abstract forms on her canvas, carefully considering force, balance and tension between the forms. Lastly, as she guides her flat form volumes and shadows through a slow constructive process that requires putting additional layers on the form, she is able to create an illusionary world in which abstract forms float around in an unknown, imaginary space. Her use of delicate bluish, greenish, and grayish colors gives viewers the sense of ambiguity. These seemingly simplistic pictures contain the ambiguous duality of delicate plastic beauty combined with splendid colors and aesthetics found in some minimalists’ paintings. This indescribable ambiguity is clearly the essence of her work. (Excerpt from “Deviation and explosion in controlled and balance space” by Phil Lee)
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1995 Pratt Institute, Fine Art 대학원 졸업
1992 홍익대학교 미술대학 대학원 서양화과 졸업
1990 홍익대학교 미술대학 서양화과 졸업
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Works
Tonal dialogue #1, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 65x45cm Tonal dialogue #5, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 136X112cm Flash-forward #1, 2018, acrylic on linen, 45.5x38cm Oxymoron #4, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 194x145cm Tonal dialogue #3, 2017-18, acrylic on canvas, 130x100cm Tonal dialogue #4, 2018. acrylic on linen, 116x116cm Intrinsic dialogue #4, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 153.5x142.5 Intrinsic dialogue #3, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 153.5x142.5
Equilibrium_acrobat #15, 2017-18, acrylic on canvas, 152.5x122cm Island within Island #1, 2018, acrylic&tusche on trepal paper, 78x54cm Drawing for Invisible Hand #33, 2013, tusche on trepal paper, 78x54cm Drawing for Invisible Hand #32, 2013, tusche on trepal paper, 78x54cm Equilibrium_combine #1, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 152.5x122cm Equilibrium_combine #2, 2017, 1acrylic on canvas, 52.5X122cm Shadows of winter #3, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 65X91cm Equilibrium_Acrobat #7, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 80x130cm Equilibrium_Explosion #3, 2015, acrylic _ mixed media on canvas, 130x100cm The widening gyre-night #3, 2015-2016, acrylic on canvas, 194x130cm Equilibrium_Explosion #2, 2015, acrylic _ mixed media on canvas, 130x100cm Uncharted_red #1, 2014-2015, acrylic on canvas, 65x65cm