Behind the Scenery
Artists: Elly Cho, Semi Jung, EunKyung Lee
Dates: January 15 – May 14, 2015
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 15, 5-7pm
Venue: BBCN Bank Woodside Branch (50-15 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY 11377)
The AHL Foundation is pleased to announce the Behind the Scenery exhibition by Elly Cho, Semi Jung, and EunKyung Lee. Three local artists draw scenery with their memory using ink. For this exhibition, BBCN Bank supported and Sunny Shin curated.
People remembers only what they want to keep in mind. Yet, we cannot erase some special moment even though we had been trying not to. In this exhibition, three artists draw cityscape based on their memory and feeling in order to record the moment, express what they want to see, and wish to change their memories.
Elly Cho’s art attempts to reconcile the past with the present, inspiring viewers to reflect on the cultural landscape of their personal and cultural history. Using various media, she often creates installations expressing temporal moments, evoking a fundamental recognition of the nature and environment. Cho approaches the subject matter on cultural landscape in a narrative way. Her response to characteristics of the places showcased in her art often relates to her life experiences.
Semi Jung is a drawing artist based in NYC. Jung’s drawing is a cityscape where she lives. After moving to NYC from Paris, she has been comparing two big cities and she found New York’s characteristic, which would be moving fast, energetic, and core of mass production. She attaches objects such as zipper, wood cube, thread, and clothes in order to address these characters of New York City.
EunKyoung Lee’s work is something she likes to call the “Map of Life.” Every person has a unique map by which the course of their life is directed–but her goal is to make the map on which we leave our trails. “Garden Maps” series is one example of this. They are the drawings of imaginary landscapes and the life trails that we live on. Her drawings of repeated circles are another example. They trace each moment in life–birth, death, relationships, other happenings–and study their rhythm and repetition.
