Kyeong-eui Moon
Kyeong-eui Moon (b. 1988) states that she portrays a person who lives in “My own Triangle.” This triangle has three axes that draw my attention: the traditional Western oil paintings, modern Korean dramas, and Japanese animation. Although these three are almost irrelevant to each other, they become one scene through some virtual figures in my painting. I am between them as a glue.
The reason I went to art school was that I wanted to be a painter like E. Manet, M. Cassatt, J. Sargent, and M. Dumas. I wonder what comes out if I portray Asian characters in their way. I like various styles of painting, so it was difficult to choose one style of painting. So I decided to place different styles of painting and drawing on one painting. For example, I created some situations: a wall with a graffiti-like abstract painting, a man dressed in a pop art style T-shirt, and the Cezanne painting printed on a calendar. So I gather shapes that are unlikely to fit together. It sometimes becomes an awkward picture. I think that if these shapes are not harmonized, it will be understood as a screen with multiple layers. Like a digital selfie …
Kyeong-eui Moon (b. 1988) states that she portrays a person who lives in “My own Triangle.” This triangle has three axes that draw my attention: the traditional Western oil paintings, modern Korean dramas, and Japanese animation. Although these three are almost irrelevant to each other, they become one scene through some virtual figures in my painting. I am between them as a glue.
The reason I went to art school was that I wanted to be a painter like E. Manet, M. Cassatt, J. Sargent, and M. Dumas. I wonder what comes out if I portray Asian characters in their way. I like various styles of painting, so it was difficult to choose one style of painting. So I decided to place different styles of painting and drawing on one painting. For example, I created some situations: a wall with a graffiti-like abstract painting, a man dressed in a pop art style T-shirt, and the Cezanne painting printed on a calendar. So I gather shapes that are unlikely to fit together. It sometimes becomes an awkward picture. I think that if these shapes are not harmonized, it will be understood as a screen with multiple layers. Like a digital selfie with an app filter or a photo with a graffiti dub. Nowadays we are good at seeing multiple layers in a single picture.
Courtesy of Robert Berry Fine Art
