Dreamlandia, Bosch-scape, The Trees are Listening, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H20.5" x W13" x D9.5"
Dreamlandia, Bosch-scape, The Trees are Whispering, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H15.5" x W15" x D9.5"
Dreamlandia Bosch- Berry, Strange Fruit, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H16" x W13" x D10"
Dreamlandia Bosch-Berry and Blossom series 1, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H9" x W11" x D8"
Dreamlandia Bosch-Berry and Blossom series 2, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H10" x W11.5" x D6"
Dreamlandia - Garden of Unearthly Delights Front, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H12.5" x W11" x D9"
Dreamlandia - Bosch-Poor-lil-Lambscape, Front, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, H9" x W10" x D10"
In my new “Boschlandia Series” I pay homage to the great 15th Cen. Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. I am still interested in the similarities and differences between the east & west in art and life. I make ceramic sculpture but look a lot at paintings from both cultures because they are so rich and hold so many clues that help me understand a life between cultures. Bosch’s paintings are very much like a fairly tale land dense with life’s meaning. I am so facinated with his complex detail and unique vision for telling a story with great visual beauty.
I am very intrigued in creating a transition from 2D to 3D and so I have begun to make small tableaus of certain creatures and aspects from Bosch's landscapes that creates bigger vision of story telling to viewers. The owl in particular has caught my attention when I saw Bosch’s paintings. The owl generally is a universal symbol for strength and quiet wisdom, virtues that are also admired in the Korea where I was raised. I am also very interested in particular in the way that both Korean folk painters “Minwha” and early Northern European painters like Bosch and many others painted the land formations and landscape. This is something that I have begun to try to understand in my own way as I make landmass forms as part of my sculptural tableaus.
In my new “Boschlandia Series” I pay homage to the great 15th Cen. Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. I am still interested in the similarities and differences between the east & west in art and life. I make ceramic sculpture but look a lot at paintings from both cultures because they are so rich and hold so many clues that help me understand a life between cultures. Bosch’s paintings are very much like a fairly tale land dense with life’s meaning. I am so facinated with his complex detail and unique vision for telling a story with great visual beauty.
I am very intrigued in creating a transition from 2D to 3D and so I have begun to make small tableaus of certain creatures and aspects from Bosch's landscapes that creates bigger vision of story telling to viewers. The owl in particular has caught my attention when I saw Bosch’s paintings. The owl generally is a universal symbol for strength and quiet wisdom, virtues that are also admired in the Korea where I was raised. I am also very interested in particular in the way that both Korean folk painters “Minwha” and early Northern European painters like Bosch and many others painted the land formations and landscape. This is something that I have begun to try to understand in my own way as I make landmass forms as part of my sculptural tableaus.
