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Past Exhibition "Inter-Creature" Eun Nim Ro February 24 - April 7, 2007 Back |
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The Sabina Lee Gallery is pleased to present, "Inter-Creature" a solo exhibition by internationally exhibited artist,Eun Nim Ro. Ro's bold and playful works have been widely exhibited in New York, Paris, Basel, Amsterdam, Seoul, and more since the seventies, and have not been shown in the United States since 1993. The paintings and drawings on display depict creatures and figures made from a commingling of memory and imagination. They are representative of a body of work that embraces highly original performance art, installation, public art, sculpture, and painting and drawing with both humor, pathos, and sensitivity. With a broad Chinese brush and sumi ink, together with acrylic paint, Ro works both side of each page and has developed a unique iconography of color, line, and shape that has references such icons as Klee and Haring. The power of Eun Nim Ro¡¯s work lies in the intersection of incessant energy and clear focus. Eun Nim Ro left her native country and immigrated to Germany in 1970 after the Korean War. Working as a nurse in a foreign land with an unfamiliar language, she used drawing as a means to express herself. Her path changed when one of the patients in the hospital, a university professor, saw her drawings. Impressed by what he saw, the professor encouraged the young nurse to pursue a degree in art. In 1973, she gained a scholarship to study painting at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, graduating in 1979. Eun Nim Ro lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. Her work has been exhibited on several continents and the artist is represented by Hyundai Gallery in Seoul. Public works include extensive stained glass windows, where primal figures coalesce with gothic architecture, and light panels for underground subways. |