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The moment of incognizant, mixed media on canvas, 24x 24 inches(each), 2019.
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The moment of incognizant, mixed media on canvas, 24 x 24 inches(each), 2019.
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The moment of incognizant, mixed media on canvas, 24 x 24 inches (each), 2019.
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| Unknown Territory Panic Architecture. mixed media on canvas, 36 x 72 inches, 2018. |
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For the past few years, I have been obsessed with the structural framework
and components that make up the urban landscape. My work has focused
on exploring both exterior surfaces and interior infrastructure of the cities I
have lived in, including architectural imagery of unfinished scaffold facades
through mixed media. The goal of this work is to expose the unseen and
hidden spaces by capturing the raw and unfinished state of our present
environment. I seek to challenge the conventional understanding of space
that focuses on physical state, history, and transformation.
Recently, through the exploration of digitized surfaces, my perception and
perspective of reality has been altered. When navigating the digital world,
I often wonder what actually lies beneath the web cursor. The seamless
surface does not reveal the infrastructure of the hidden space, nor can
one see the materiality and responses of data components in “real time.”
As one continues to explore this vacuum, these imaginations go beyond
the surface, hidden in a layered matrix accumulated with spider webs of
endless history, time, space, and transition. Computer projections contain
layered evidence of the randomness of our internet presence. In my
work, I attempt to excavate each layer and explore the unseen space by
rearranging components through digital language manipulation and
photo editing.
Using painting, printmaking and video installation, my recent work places
the viewer in a projected reality of unseen space. This unseen space allows
for the exploration of intangible material, teetering between the second
and third dimensions that challenge visual perception and incognizance.
BIO
Leekyung Kang creates spatial illusions by capturing unseen architectural
spaces between the second and third dimensions. Influenced by Kang’s
training as a painter and printmaker, the work focuses on the materiality of
each medium. She utilizes diverse perspectives within architectural contexts
that challenge the perception of space. In her exploration of the processes
of mechanical reproduction, Kang often inserts errors or glitches from
digital processes into her video works and prints.
Kang earned her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and BFA
from Seoul National University. She has taught at Rhode Island School
of Design, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, and Idaho State
University. She has participated in several residencies internationally
including the Fountainhead fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Qatar and the Vermont Studio Center. Kang’s work has
been exhibited in South Korea, Doha, Qatar and throughout the U.S.
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