 
STORY
March 15 -April 6, 2001
SoHyun Bae
Krys Lipinski
Lisa Macbride
Anna Paik
Dong Qiu
Elizabeth Riley
Gallery Korea is pleased to announce the opening
of STORY on March 15th. This exhibition of paintings
and works on paper features a range of scenes taken
from both life and the imagination. SoHyun Bae’s
paintings are from a series “An Ode to the
Women of Josun Dynasty” in which she creates
imaginary portraits of women from the Josun period
(1392-1911). These large heads appear coaxed out
from between layers of paint and paper and have
the evanescence of an apparition. There is also
a fleeting quality to the shadows that evoke the
presence of people in the stark series “Notes
on Forgiveness” by Elizabeth Riley. These
traces are manipulated in a computer before being
printed onto paper to which the artist adds marks
in ink. The Indonesian puppets that populate the
watercolors of Lisa Macbride are surrogates for
the artist and reflect aspects of her personal history.
These actors perform within the boundaries of patterned
borders that surround and protect a stage that is
a public arena for private feelings.
Dong Qiu uses observation and memory to create
genre scenes of urban life. The fluid style of
her colorful oil paintings indicates a convergence
of Eastern and Western pictorial sensibilities.
The vulnerability of the innocent is the theme
expressed in the watercolors of Kris Lipinsky.
His use of exaggerated perspectives and dynamic
lines evokes a chaotic world in which individuals
appear defenseless against the aggressive marketing
of our corporate culture. The oil paintings of
Anna Paik are rich meditations on traditional
still life subjects. Her depiction of fruit and
bowls, oysters and seashells recollects a sensual
experience of the inanimate world.
The different stories and the diverse styles
evident in this exhibition indicates the broad
reach and continuing vitality of picture making.
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