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Soyoung L. Kim
Marks of the Displaced 
Patience (Waiting for the Rain), acrylic on canvas, 56 x 46 in., 2018
Shelly Loheed
Perfect Proximity: Seeing the Unseen 
Devotion, ink, acrylic and silverpoint on rag paper, 17 x 11 in., 2017
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At the age of 6, I was displaced from Seoul, South Korea, and relocated to Nairobi, Kenya. Since then, the longest time I have lived in one place was 11 years, in Nairobi, my adopted childhood home. Since leaving Nairobi, I have moved from place to place, never setting down roots anywhere. I now call Boston my home.
On a recent trip to Baja California Sur, Mexico, I was reminded of the feelings I had growing up in Kenya. The terrain of the two places is vastly different, but there was a quality about the sunlight, the dryness of the air and the harsh beauty of the landscape that connected the two places in my mind. This body of work seeks to marry my memories of places I have loved with the colors that I have collected from recent travels. With the marks I make on the canvas with a paintbrush or the marks made by silhouetting sculptures against a painted background, I hope to not only remember all the places I have lived in so that I have a sense of home in my own memory, but also to leave behind the marks for those places to remember me. I often feel that my tracks through those places have been erased. With these works, I hope to leave behind my marks. The painting and drawing in this series investigates geometric designs, derived from traditional Islamic patterns, reduced to their most elemental shapes. These reoccurring shapes form the subtle underpinning of the drawing, which gets revealed and obscured by fluid gestural improvisations. The series combines two modes of working. Each piece begins with logical, orderly line work followed by layers of washes, splashes and strong brushwork, allowing for the chance interplay of wet media and drawing. The joining of the two methods, the orderly drawing and the flowing, spattered paint, suggests a dynamic flux.
My original interest into these shapes began by creating drawings of repeating elaborate geometry found in old pattern books. In time, by learning their relationships, I narrowed my focus to five simple, essential polygons that made up the more complex ones, and the underlying rectangular grid behind all of it. The elemental patterns, whose center emanates from the grid, are the tangible forms that currents of spontaneous drawing stream around and mix with the flow of the washes and spatters, creating a freeze-frame image of flux and stasis between the sharp lines and expressive fields. The physicist David Bohm titled a paper, “Implicate Order”, where he posits that all separate objects and events in the visible world are actually temporary “subtotalities” derived from “a deeper implicate order of unbroken wholeness.” Bohm draws an analogy to a flowing stream: “ on this stream, one may see an ever-changing pattern of vortices, ripples, waves and splashes which evidently have no independent existence as such. Rather they are abstracted from the flowing movement, arising and vanishing in the total process of the flow.” To see the paintings one needs to be up close. If you view it from afar, you might dismiss it as abstract expressionism. I want you to feel the work from the heart. Step back then zoom in to experience the delicate drawing. |
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Group Show
ICE 
The Silver of Morning, Oil, wax, sand, glass, quartz, fiberglass mesh stencil and glass on panel, 48x60"
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Curators' Statement:
This exhibit pays homage to ICE—an element that is pure, eloquent, beautiful, shocking, rich in metaphorical value. The eight artists explore beyond the physical form to create images that will be surprising, peaceful, humorous—images that explore the language of thought, hopes, and dreams. We celebrate ice. We pay homage to it as we explore its many meanings and connections to the soul. We invite viewers to join us. Participating Artists: Dustin Jay Bell http://www.dustinjbell.com/, Philip Gerstein https://www.philipgerstein.com/, Christopher Gill https://www.chrisgillartist.com/, Joe Caruso www.joe-caruso-jwkc.squarespace.com, Justin Freed www.justinfreed-visualmedia.com Crislin Waldman www.crislinwaldman.com. Co-curators and participating Artists: Jennifer Jean Costello www.jenniferjeanart.com Marsha Nouritza Odabashian www.marshaodabashian.com |
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Upcoming
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Jean 'Maison Reset' 60x48 inches
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Jennifer Costello
Reset February 27 - March 31, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 6-8pm |
Youngsheen Ahn Jhe
With Dancing February 27 - March 31, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 6-8pm |
Eliot School Faculty Exhibition
Taking Form: Fibers & Fabric February 27 - March 31, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 6-8pm |
