South Korean (now Canadian) artist Kyung Soon Park has a beautiful and graceful illustration style that mimics traditional Asian brush paintings. I’m all for use of classical styles, but when that style is applied to modern subjects there is a whole new depth added to the form. Every piece maintains a subtle juxtaposition between the simple world from which the style derives, and the complex modern world that the subjects inhabit. It turn everything into a kind of satire by default, a window into the past held up as a mirror for the present. All of that and it looks amazing. Win/win.
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rachel | 19-Jul-08 at 10:10 pm | Permalink
stunning work