Gallery SATORI is pleased to present Ins & Outs, a two person exhibition with Zaun Lee and Suzanne Song. The artists explore spatial compositions using geometric constructs that alternately protrude and recede creating illusions of space that build surface tension and at times collapse into f... Read more
Gallery SATORI is pleased to present Ins & Outs, a two person exhibition with Zaun Lee and Suzanne Song. The artists explore spatial compositions using geometric constructs that alternately protrude and recede creating illusions of space that build surface tension and at times collapse into flatness. Utilizing various quadrilateral shapes Lee and Song construct and deconstruct visual logic to create ambiguous, graceful, and contemplative spaces in their work.
Zaun Lee uses multiple perspectives often utilized in traditional Asian landscape paintings to create epistemic landscapes out of Lego blocks. By randomly connecting the Lego blocks on superimposed layers of translucent acrylic Lee creates a blurred sense of distance that pushes and pulls against the painted surface. The inner and outer spaces fold and unfold onto themselves creating ambiguous spaces that refer to notions of time, motion, and emptiness.
Suzanne Song’s paintings present a formal investigation about space and perception stemming from the notion of duality and issues of identity. Using perspective and shading as well as the materiality of the wooden panel and canvas support Song creates multifaceted spatial trompe l’oeils. Visual logic is constantly built up and then de-constructed as the geometric patterns advance and retreat in complex rhythmic configurations. Each perceptual condition is juxtaposed with another that simultaneously contradicts and compliments each other creating an interwoven space that is at once visceral and cerebral.
Zaun Lee received her BFA from Pratt Institute in 2004 and a BA in Philosophy from Alfred University in 2002. She has also studied Visual Communications Design at Seoul National University in Korea. Lee’s honors include awards from the AHL Foundation and HanYang Cultural Foundation as well as being the finalist for Kumho Young Artist Award at the Kumho Museum of Art. Some of her group exhibition venues include the Dumbo Arts Center, Gana Art Gallery, Lumenhouse, Artists Space, National Arts Club, Gallery Korea, AG Gallery, Sputnik Gallery, Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery at NJCU, SQFT Gallery in Nashville, and Ssamzie Space Studio 401 in Seoul, Korea.
Suzanne Song received her MFA from Yale University in 2000 and a BFA from Clemson University in 1997. She has had numerous exhibitions throughout the United States and Asia including Smack Mellon, The Drawing Center, the Dumbo Arts Center, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, Anna Kustera Gallery, Richard Levy Gallery, Roebling Hall, Caren Golden Fine Art, and Paik Hae young Gallery in Seoul. Song’s numerous accolades include the New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellowship, the Smack Mellon Studio Fellowship, and the George R. Bunker Award at Yale. Her solo exhibition was reviewed by The Village Voice in Best in Show in 2007.
