Chae Sung-Pil and Lee Gil Rae Exhibition

Opera Gallery

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Opera Gallery New York presents an exhibition of paintings by Korean artist Chae Sung-Pil. Chae is often called an ‘organic artist’ due to his use of soil, raw pigments and other natural materials. Rather than just using these as a simple medium, he aims to emphasize subjects such as the return to nature, the process of life, the ad hoc and the coincidental fate through the use of soil.

Chae Sung-Pil, who currently lives and works in Paris has come into the spotlight in France’s art world by virtue of his philosophy of constant inquiry into the fundamentals, and his in-depth representation of the beauty of oriental spaces. Through the medium of pigment and soil he attempts to express eternal hope and purity, hence evoking Dubuffet’s Art Brut on the one hand and Yves Klein’s heritage on the other. This thread between nature, art history and his Korean roots really broadens the artistic arena in which he plays, and solidifies Chae’s unique place in the contemporary art stage.

For this exhibition, the artist presents ‘The History of Blue’. The color blue was used throughout the history of mankind – from antiquity to present – to represent certain cultural meanings. Through his reflection on the color and its historical and cultural contexts he has built a ‘new world of blue’ - an ideal that lives beyond borders or boundaries. Much like his previous project - ‘Land of Anonymity’ - Chae creates a world that is anchored in history but is simultaneously timeless and universal.

In these 15 new works exhibited in Opera Gallery New York, the artist provides each viewer with an opportunity to look back on their own connotations and memories of blue. Furthermore, the viewers will be given an experience of coming close to the world of origin pursued in ‘Land of Anonymity’ and revisited in this new world of blue.

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from November 15, 2017 to December 05, 2017

Opening Reception on 2017-11-14 from 18:00 to 20:30

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