뉴욕 미술가 이재남 - 2010 BREATHE > 미술가

뉴욕화가 이재남

 

1995   M.A. degree in Studio Art and Painting, New York University, New York

1976   B.F.A. degree in Painting, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Koreal

PRIVATE EXHIBTION

2013  In the house,Tomkins Square Library Gallery, New York

2010 Breathe,Tompkins Square Library Gallery, New York

1995   Grass, Road, Pool, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York

GROUP EXHIBITION

1997 Hong Ik Alumni Association Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA

1976 Independent, Duk Soo Gung, Seoul, Korea

1976 Degree Show, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea

 

My paintings are mainly nature – grass, road, pool, tree and field. 

 

We can easily meet and see wherever there is soil and road.

These are I experienced as a child and I couldn’t forget the feeling and memory of the moments with them. I was sitting there on the road, and I was watching grass in front of my eyes and another road faraway.
I remember the Green grass color how vivid, and how pretty and how lively. In my mind, in my memory, they are still powerfully.

Actually I started this painting series, because I miss this feeling that I felt – very lightness and sweetness from breeze touched my body at a fete day night long time ago.
I enjoyed breeze many times, but this day, this night, that clearly craved in my mind and my body. And I keep miss the feeling. May be that moments is what I enjoyed so much, so, I miss that feeling I would like to represent or I refill that sense or feeling may be. That I can explain the feeling of Breathe – breathe, rest, airy, breeze, lightness, sweetness, natural, easy, life, etc.
My paintings are no intention, nothing seriousness, just lightness and sweetness from breeze like air and a walk. My paintings are almost like preparation for paint. I paint but actually I don’t do much. When I start to paint, there are moments of play and feeling and then I stop to paint, like practice painting. There are the traits of by accident like action painting but not much action.
As soon as I start to paint and then I stop to paint just like what I play... So, as it is… ease, unconsciousness, comfortable, nothing complete…  I want to my painting as like something – breeze, air, play, a walk.