Sun-Mi Lim makes us recognize the incantatory nature and true function of the images in the traditional society afresh. She has painted fascinating pictures of still life by the images appearing in the folk painting. These pictures of still life, painted by the extraordinary adjustment and processing of materials, constantly give us an impression that the images in the context of the folk painting have been reproduced fantastically and that they look as if a part of art works of lacquer ware inlaid with mother-of-pearl or mother-of-pearl cabinets slipped into the pictures. She installs the images characteristic of the folk painting not on the surface of the things of daily necessity but on the quadrilateral picture. Fruits and flowers are laid separately on either side of a vase situated exactly in the center of the picture, forming a symmetrical composition. The fruits and flowers are depicted relatively very largely compared with the small vessel and the vase. Streamlined branches hang or flow as if dancing around an amply swollen lotus flower and pumpkin  and around them flys a butterfly . We can sense the vision that takes a close-up of a part of the realm of nature and closes in upon an object itself. Moreover, she visualizes the vital and sensuous movement of flower stalks' bending radically and making the letter '福' or the feeling of being permeated with grace and elegance through swimming in open spaces freely. It appears that she has taken care in order to maintain the merit that lines have in Oriental paintings and emphasize and revive them at the same time.  

Opening ： 2010.10.23(Sat)
Duration) :  2010.10.23- 11.21
Venue) ： 798 （PYO GALLERY 798）
798 Art District No.4, Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 
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