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Hibiscus
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nature. As an Asian now living in America, she feels the ebb and flow of competing cultures. The ancient philosophies...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Pansy
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nature. As an Asian now living in America, she feels the ebb and flow of competing cultures. The ancient philosophies...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Passage 23
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Silver Moon Light 7
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Blue Symphony CP8
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Taiwanese Lady Slipper 4
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Clematis IV
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Side Track 65
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Peony 22 Sofa Table
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Metal
Lady Slipper 5
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Splendid
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Taiwanese Lady Slipper 1
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Amaryllis II
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Linen, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Hibiscus IX
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
Champagne Rose
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Side Track 58
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Side Track 37
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Side Track 38
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Side Track 31
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Fire Mural
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art and Humanity Foundation in support of her solo exhibitions in the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
A catalog entitled The Harbour and the Open Sea was published by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Leigh was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. In 1997 she was honored "the Artist Award of 1997" by New York State Assembly.
In 1998, Leigh's work was selected by juror Linda Weintraub to be included in The New York State Biennale Exhibition at The New York State Museum.
Also, Juror Lela Hersh, Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Chicago Contemporary Museum of Art, selected Leigh's work for inclusion in the annual Mohawk Hudson Region Juried Exhibition. Leigh received First Prize. Her painting, Untitled #6, was purchased by the Albany Institute of History & Art for the permanent collection.
In 1999 and 2005, she was awarded Artist Grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Since 1999, her paintings have been selected to be part of the Art in Embassies Program of the United States Department of State and have been exhibited in the U.S. Embassies in Jordan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Botswana, Barbados, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Namibia, Denmark, and Poland. Over 15 American Embassies around the world. In mid-2019, her works were inquired about by US Embassy in Botswana for exhibition, and a cultural exchange program with Botswana Culture Bureau is scheduled.
In 2005, the Art in Embassies Program purchased the three paintings that were exhibited in Barbados Embassy for their permanent collections. Leigh was awarded a 1997 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. And in 2000, she was honored by both New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and The Helena Rubinstein Fellowship. In 2013, she won the National Yu-Shang Competition. Recently in 2014 and 2016, her works were included in The National Fine Art Museum Collections in Taiwan.
Hundreds of her works were included in both private and public collections. Her paintings have been featured in many major magazines, including Art in America, New American Paintings, Art in Asia, Sotheby's Auction Magazine, Christy's Auction Magazine, Better Home and Gardens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Adagio 1
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Fire X
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Peony 22
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Peony IV
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Sunflower III
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Iris VI
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
075 Air
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Earth Mural
Located in New York, NY
Ms. Wen resides in New York City as a full-time artist. She has exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1980s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her BFA from Washington State University, MA, and MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. In 1979, she won the First Prize in Painting in the Ten Outstanding Young Talents Competition in Taiwan. In 1980, she was awarded Outstanding Merit in the Young Artists in Asia Now competition in Hong Kong. In 1995 and 1996, her work was selected in many national and international jury shows, including the ninth and tenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.
Large Small Work '95' International, Small Works International, First Annual National Juried Small Work Exhibition in New York, NY. These shows are highly competitive and are chosen from thousands of submissions.
Leigh won the SUNY Albany Purchase Award in 1995 and the University of Wisconsin Purchase Award in the 1995 Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. She was also awarded an Artist Grant by the National Taiwan Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Wine Glasses
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
If I Can Dream Flag Vs. Liberty, after Mapplethorpe
By Alex Guofeng Cao
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
Flower vs Warhol
By Alex Guofeng Cao
Located in New York, NY
Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Stainless Steel
Wine Decenter II
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Inkyeong Baek explores the influence of mass media, including television, radio, newspapers and the internet, on public values and perception. A native of South Korea, Baek now lives...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Cookie Jars
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her sub...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Champagne Glass II
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Champagne Glass III
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Champagne Glasses
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks Glasses; here we see an assortment of vessels arranged in a triangle– refracted light dances across the intricate terrain of cut-glass crystal, resulting in an ethereal azure-tinted glow that mesmerizes the viewer. In the work Champagne Glasses...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Taiwanese Lady Slipper 3
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of wa...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Peony 26
Located in New York, NY
oil painting on stretched canvas
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affi...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas, Varnish, Stretcher Bars
Side Track 17
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked sentiments in me for what has across on the other side of the ocean. Majestic mountains in Europe and the U.S. those I’ve seen with spectacular ridgelines or forms are what I want to pay homage to. The sky’s ever-changing atmosphere, fire’s brilliance, and all the energies embodied in nature are the most things that I am in awe of.
—- Leigh Wen
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Woman & Horse
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Postcard, Archival Pigment
Crans Montana
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Postcard, Archival P...
Get into my car
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Postcard, Archival P...
Post-it Leaves Red
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Postcard, Archival P...
post-it leaves
Located in New York, NY
With the distinctive medium of post-it notes, Özmenoğlu re-contextualizes everyday objects from something ordinary to a beautiful work of art. The individualized behavior of each pos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Postcard, Archival P...
Lady Slipper 8
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of wa...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pansy IV
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rose I
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ocean without a Shore (Black)
By Do Byung-Kyu
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
Lady Slipper 4
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pacifier II
By Do Byung-Kyu
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Polyurethane
Ocean without a Shore (Grey)
By Do Byung-Kyu
Located in New York, NY
The medium of choice for Do Byung-Kyu, born in Cheonan, Korea, is dolls: they are both his conceptions and his physical expression. At the same time dolls are also the perfect tool for communicating the artist’s inner self. Expressing himself by means of dolls liberates Do from the restrictions of the mundane world. By embodying in the form of dolls his actions and thoughts, dreams and desires, and even the instincts lying in the depths of the subconscious, he transcends the secular boundaries. Dolls are his alter ego, his other self that he can construct precisely the way he wants. Sublimating the experiences and memories from his youth into various subjects of desire, Do uses dolls to paint a descriptive picture of the ambiguous feelings of contradictions from his childhood when he would abuse and kill a plaything, for example a frog, then bury the body in solemn mourning over its death. These sexual or violent games from his childhood are not likely to be limited to Do’s experiences alone. Most of us can vaguely remember indulging in sadistic acts of sexual love against a doll. Rising above a child’s simple curiosity, it is an intuitive game of the senses we play by ourselves. In a number of Do’s paintings, sticky liquid can be observed dripping down a doll’s face. This brings back recollections of the life inside our mothers’ womb where we were also enveloped by mucous waters, like the amniotic fluid. It refuses contact with the anything, and nothing wants to touch it either. The shape of such a mucous liquid is a protective layer sheltering the intrinsic identity and desires of man. It is also a substitution that satisfies the ego’s instincts otherwise suppressed by social norms. The dolls’ eyes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rocks Glasses
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts an assortment of glass vessels.
The glasses seem to pop off the canvas through optical illusion that renders the image in three-dimensions.
Sensational paintings of glass vessels come to life in this dynamic exhibition featuring new works by Korean artist Inkyeong Baek. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to capture her subject-matter, Baek’s enchanting oil paintings glitter with a gemstone-like quality that truly captivates. The material characteristics of glass are fickle, often visually elusive. Yet each work on display beautifully illustrates, in stunning, hyper-realistic detail, an array of objects, from champagne flutes to whisky tumblers.
Take the large-scale painting, Rocks...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crystal Decanter I
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts a glass vessel.
The decanter seems to pop off the canvas thr...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crystal Decanter II
By Inkyeong Baek
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on canvas by female Korean artist based in New York.
Hyper-realistic, Trompe-l’œil painting that depicts a glass vessel.
The decanter seems to pop off the canvas thr...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
