Contents

Contents

1.       Harmony I

2.       Harmony II

3.       Freedom

4.       Breaking Free

5.       In State of Rapture

6.       Hand I : Versatility

7.       Hand II : Advice for a Youth

8.       Face I, Self-Portrait

9.       Face II, Self-Portrait

10.    Face III, Self-Portrait

11.    Face IV, Great Men

12.    Building with Tree Trunk

13.    Building I

14.    Building II

15.    The Interior of Building

16.    The Ceiling of Hanok

17.     The Wall of Hanok

18.    AUTOCAD Design to Build “Hanok”

19.    Time and Space

20.    Opening a Can

21.    Objects for Watching and Objects in View

22.    Still Life : Four Treasures for a Scholar

23.    White Elephant

24.    Rhythm of Life

1. Harmony I

Medium:  Oil pastel

Size:   10x15

Date:  Feb, 2010

The mask symbolizes human interactions with nature.  The empty holes in the mask portray our ardent desire to see the nature through us.

2. Harmony II

Medium:  Clay
Diameter:  5 x 4
Date:  Apr, 2010
As young, I always have been fascinated with animals and wild nature, and this work is to portray my awe for those childhood memory on animals and nature.  The circle symbolizes the holy boundary of nature in which the animal sustains their lives.

3. Freedom

Medium:  Pen, Wood, Nail
Size:   12 x 16 x 4
Date:  Aug, 2009

The eagle peacefully soaring up the sky above a serene town symbolizes my artistic freedom I enjoy, and the wooden block pierced with steel nails make a dramatic contrast to the eagle.  And the wooden block symbolizes the obstructed freedom and pressure I feel as a senior who is given to complete many tasks in and out of school.  But this work contains some hopeful message: one day the eagle will break free from its obstacle and will transcend the barriers.
 

4.Breaking Free

Medium:  Pencil
Size:  16 x 10
Date:  Jul, 2010
This piece portrays a hand that desperately wants to break free from its background.  The distinct patterns of wood are all drawn with pencil. While the wooden platform represents nature, the hand represents a desire to break free from the chains of nature or boundary set forth by society. 

5. In State of Rapture

Medium:  Clay
Size:  12 x 7 x 2
Date:  Mar, 2010
I wanted to express the eco-friendly motives that I have in my philosophy behind architectural works through this piece.  The terracotta made from earthenware and all the leaves and the welcoming hands symbolize my effort and future effort in architecture to host eco-safe ideas in building houses and structures

6. hand I: Versatility

Medium:  Conte, Penceil, Color pencil, Marker
Size:   17 x 13
Date:  Mar, 2010
The piece shows five hands, each designed in distinctive styles.  Pencil, color pencils and markers were used. Each hand are unrealistically portrayed such as the one on top right that shoots different beams with each finger.  Hand is always interesting object because it is the symbol of versatility of an artist.  And I want to portray my hands in many different forms and in different colors to tell that my hands are very versatile in capturing essence of what I observe from the nature around me.

7. Hand II: Advice for a youth

Medium:  Pencil
Size:  12 x1 7
Date:  Jun, 2008
This piece shows my hand holding a compass. The compass in my hand refers to getting a directional advice at an important period of my youth.

8. Face I, Self-Portrait

Medium:  Oil Pastel
Size:  15 x 19
Date:  Nov, 2009
This is a self-portrait.  Outlines are done with pencil and the hues and shades are done with pastels. The exaggeration of smile and enlarged face and facial features seemed to accentuate my happy feelings.  And the each eye focusing on different sides symbolizes my diverse interests and my wish to capture as many objects as possible for my artistic efforts.

9. Face II, Self-Portrait

Medium:  Conte, Magazine strips,  Korean ink
Size:   12 x 17
Date:  Aug, 2008
This piece is a self-portrait collage. The clocks represent the critical and vital period of time I am currently in and the space represents my desire for a broad view and knowledge.

10. Face III, Self-Portrait

Medium:  Conte, Magazine strips,  Korean ink
Size:   12 x 17
Date:  Aug, 2008
This piece is a self-portrait collage. The clocks represent the critical and vital period of time I am currently in and the space represents my desire for a broad view and knowledge.

11. Face IV, Great Men

Medium:  Color pencil, Paper, Acrylic
Size:  16 x 10
Date:  Jul, 2010
This is a parodied work of Mount Rushmore. The faces of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were drawn to look more like real human faces than sculpted rocks. And the faces of Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt were replaced with two self portraits which are in angles similar to the ones of actual Jefferson and Roosevelt sculptures.

12. Building with Tree Trunk

Medium:  Color pencil, Water color
Size:   20 x 16
Date:  Sep,  2010
This piece is sketched out with pencil and water color for the background.  This is more of a symbolic piece that portrays a nailed tree trunk that seems to be out of place in the piece.  The trunk represents the destruction and torturing of trees being used as a medium for building houses. The duplicity of tree’s portrayal as a column and its usage as a façade of the building represent the metaphoric representation of my inner-self obstructed from freely expressing my thoughts due to very rigid social structure existing in Korean society.

13. Building I

Medium:   Pencil
Size:   20 x 16
Date:  Mar,  2010
This is a drawing of Japanese Colonial House in Korea.  This is a beautiful architectural work, but it also contains a sad history behind its beauty.  Many of this houses that were built during the Japanese colonial period still can be seen in some district of Seoul, Korea.

14. Building II

Medium:  Ink
Size:   17 x 13
Date:  Oct, 2009
This is a sketch of the Osaka castle built during the Japan’s feudal ages.  This image has been transferred on a Korean traditional paper, on which outlines are done with a pencil and retraced with ink. With ink, additional shades, vales, and outlines were done. Finally, Korean traditional black ink was used to add mysterious look to the background in the sky.

15. The Interior of Building

Medium:   Acrylic
Size:   16 x 12
Date:  Feb, 2010
This piece is inspired by a photograph of a well-designed interior of an architect. 2009. The trees in the back, hues of the wood and a pool of water are elegantly harmonized with the architectural steel beams and frames. This piece well epitomizes the blending of nature and modern architectural techniques.

16. The Ceiling of Hanok

Medium:  Pencil
Size:   17 x 12
Date:  Aug, 2010
This piece was inspired from the internal structure of a Korean traditional house, Hanok. It is first outlined with a pencil. Then, charcoals were used to overlay the outlines and to emphasize light and shades.

17. The Wall of Hanok

Medium:  Pencil
Size:   13 x 16
Date:  Jul, 2010
This piece is inspired by an internal structure of a Korean
traditional house, Hanok. The outlines are all done with pencil. The use
of 3D special relations is the main focus of the piece.
          

18. AUTOCAD Design to Build “Hanok”

Medium:  AUTOCAD software
Date:  Jul, 2010
These design drawings to build “Hanok”, Korean Traditional House were 
worked out in the “Hanok Camp” on Summer of 2010.

19. Time and Space

Medium: Foam board,  Fishing gut,  Stone-spray,  Black-spray
Size:   18 x 10 x 6 
Date:  Aug, 2009
I’ve always found the architectural structure of Korean traditional sundial   
to  be fascinating ; sundial visualizes the flow of time with the position of
shade. The fact that time parameter, which is somewhat a vague concept, can
be presented visually with the aid of architectural invention inspired me to
work on this topic. First, I created three layers of flat zone that represents
space.’ Then, I positioned the triangular planes which will create shades in
different directions. Lastly, I attached disheveled fishing gut on top of
triangular planes in order to implicitly portray the flow of time. As I
attempted to delineate the significance of time and space in this piece, I
entitled this as “A space-time continuum.”

20. Opening a can

Medium:   Pencil
Size:   19 x1 3
Date:  Dec, 2010
I wanted to visually and understandably illustrate the process of opening
a canned fruit with a manual can opener. Drawing the actual hands opening
makes the motion more alive and realistic.

     

21.objects for Watching and objects in view

Medium:   Color pencil
Size:   17 x 12
Date:  Aug, 2010
This piece is an illustration of a tropical aquarium and silhouettes of the    
viewers outside the glass wall. Whitening streams of line with an eraser  
makes the aquarium more holistic with light streaming down upon the fish.
The whale shark and tropical fish depict majestic and beautiful creatures
while the viewers' silhouette refers to admiration and peaceful viewing.

22. Still Life Four Treasures of a Scholar

Medium:  Color  pencil,  Paper,  Korean  ink
Size:   18 x 14 
Date:  Aug,  2009
This piece illustrates Korean traditional stationary.
The piece, made with color pencil, Korean traditional ink and paper, refers
to “Four Treasures of the Study, Four Jewels of the Study or Four Friends
of the Study”. It is an expression used to denote the brush, ink, paper, and
ink stone use in Korean calligraphic traditions.

23. White Elephant

Medium:   Pencil

Size:   17 x 1 2
Date:  Mar,  2009
This piece is a pencil drawing of four arcs abandoned on desert hills.
The combination of huge arcs, desert and a cloudy sky give a sense  
of  loneliness. Also, the arcs represent huge and majestic objects but also
obsolete and needless remains ; they are noticeable colossus but are no
longer useful like a white elephant.

24. Rhythm of Life

Medium:  Pencil
Size:   12 x 17
Date:  Jul, 2009
This piece is a pencil drawing of ceiling  decorations.
The decoration pieces represent the wave incessantly lapping in my life.
The rhythm does not make me boring and gives me anticipation in my life.