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Suki Maguire
"Non Objective Composition" Abstract Portrait Expressionist Painting on Linen

2012

$2,000
£1,486.77
€1,740.53
CA$2,797.15
A$3,123.09
CHF 1,629.09
MX$38,403
NOK 20,561.11
SEK 19,357.56
DKK 12,984.35
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This piece is an abstract portrait composition of a woman's profile face done with mixed media, oil and acrylic paints on linen. The artist explores an incredible world filled with color and expressive brush strokes. The lines and texture create a mature abstract composition as Suki Maguire has been painting in this field since the 1970s. Her joy is an expression and we can find these notes displayed in this piece. The strong, bold colors are laid out in a simple yet exciting way. This painting is signed by the artist lower center, and titled and dated on verso. Art measures 13 x 18 inches There is a great potential for discovery in Maguire's world of symbols, but a passing glance will not do, you have to allow your gaze to linger on this part and that of each painting so that your subconscious will have the opportunity to retrieve the elusive forms that seem to be hiding within the more obvious shapes. This holds true even in those works that incorporate letters of the Korean or Latin alphabet, which serve as glyphs bearing some symbolic meaning that goes beyond the mere representation of sound. She has exhibited internationally in Seoul, Nantucket, New York and Italy. Her styles and materials have ranged from realism to abstract, from water and oil colors to acrylics and coffee grounds. Suki Maguire (Kim Jong Sook) was born in Seoul, Korea in 1949. She grew up in Seoul, and always displayed a propensity for the arts. As largely self-taught, her style reflects the strength and a passion that grew out of these struggles, as the Korean War broke out in 1950. However, after finishing school, the demands of work and family all precluded her from becoming seriously involved in her beloved art. Over a quarter of a century of teaching at the Seoul British School, has allowed her some outlet for her creative impulses through instructing the children or setting up seasonal displays at the school. Later, she felt it was time to get serious about doing her own work, and she enrolled at Hong-ik University's Adult Education Art Program. There she had the precious opportunity of studying under some of Korea's most illustrious artists. Suki has always retained her own unique personal approach to painting. An illustration of this was her methodology in painting nudes, her first major area of focus in her re-discovered art career. She would go into a Korean public bathhouse for women, without brush or camera, where she would employ her hands and arms to sketch invisibly, her chosen subject in her artistic mind's eye. Later this creation of her very fecund imagination was to be rendered on canvas. PROVENANCE: Consigned by the gallery directly from Suki Maguire Studio. The piece will be stamped from Lilac Gallery on its verso.
  • Creator:
    Suki Maguire (1949, Korean)
  • Creation Year:
    2012
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
    With ordinary wear from age, otherwise, this painting is in very good condition for the time period.
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 0062031stDibs: LU98216315192

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