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Breathing space I, acrylic on canvas, 116.8x91cm

『Vertical Down Technique』 Developed with Inspiration from ‘Home’ Places and Space
Lee, Kyung-hae

Written by: Moonja Lee <Editor-in-Chief, Art Preview Guide)

Lee, Kyung-hae, who majored in humanities, rechallenged her studies the effect of such works, the background had to be as minimal and
in art because she could not let go of her passion for art, after her monochromatic as possible. Thus, she drew lines, using acrylic on
two children graduated from elementary school. In her master’s and an achromatic background, and attempted crushing it with graphite
doctoral program, she reinterpreted metal sculpture in a pictorial way. powder of a pencil. With good feeling of such background, she tried to
Now she is actively working with her ‘Vertical Down Technique’ she reduce metal parts and developed it into painting works and began to
developed with inspiration from ‘Home’ places and space. make her works in monochrome in order to keep the original image
of the background. This triggered her to take the “Vertical Down” as
This artist took flat painting on canvas as a background of tools to her main motif in her works, and became aware of her instinctive
attach ornaments and objects to her metal works, and to maximize unconsciousness of aiming for straight lines rather than curves,

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