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Hosook Kang

January 24 – February 23, 2013

Expansion 3, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 96 inches

Expansion 3, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 96 inches

Beyond Blue, 2011,acrylic on canvas, 80 x 120 inches

Beyond Blue, 2011,acrylic on canvas, 80 x 120 inches

Alchemy 21, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches

Alchemy 21, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60 inches

Alchemy 12, 2010 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60"

Alchemy 12, 2010 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60"

The Dance, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 63 inches

The Dance, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 63 inches

Out of Red, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Out of Red, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches

Placid, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

Placid, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

FireFire, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

FireFire, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 inches

LakeLake, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 76.5 x 102 inches

LakeLake, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 76.5 x 102 inches

Press Release

For her third solo exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York-based Korean artist Hosook Kang introduces new abstract works that explore nature through the power of color.

Rendered in vibrant colors of orange, red, fuchsia, blue and gold, Kang’s large-scale canvases depict nature as she sees it in her imagination. Her undulating ripples of color, formed from intricate dot patterns and meticulous gestural brushstrokes, dissipate across the surface of the canvas suggesting the flow of nature’s transformative energy.

Combining bold action painting and steady mark making, Kang creates optical effects through a process of layering. She starts with a background of abstract forms—her vision of the completed painting—then covers the entire surface with a painted net of structured units that create a skin-like overlay. To bring back her original vision, Kang fills each unit with colors that correspond to the background, which adds a three-dimensional quality. Obsessively detailed yet orderly, these works are simultaneously meditative and pulsing with energy.

Hosook Kang was raised in Daegu, Korea, and attended the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. She is influenced by the techniques and philosophies of both the East and West. Her works reference traditional Korean motifs, yet her focus on abstraction and the richness of color roots her work firmly in the Western tradition.

Hosook Kang was born in 1960 in Korea, and lives and works in Brooklyn. She has exhibited her work at Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Service New York; Nabi Gallery, New York; Phoenix Gallery, New York; and Daegu Culture and Arts Center, Korea.

 

For more information please email gallery@sundaramtagore.com or call 212.677.4520.

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