Kibong Rhee
In his widely celebrated paintings the artist uses a complex layering technique to create incredible depth and movement. This optical dynamism married with the natural scenes that constitute an essential part of the artist’s oeuvre, create sublime pictures that are constantly changin... Read more
Kibong Rhee
In his widely celebrated paintings the artist uses a complex layering technique to create incredible depth and movement. This optical dynamism married with the natural scenes that constitute an essential part of the artist’s oeuvre, create sublime pictures that are constantly changing. The artist has observed that
everything is in a state of constant evolution and disappearance — a phenomenon he has likened to water flowing. Rhee recognizes time (like a river) does not exist solely along a linear plane – following a pattern or prescribed history — but instead is both constant and in perennial flux. Rhee’s unique painting technique, along with the highly specific landscapes he chooses to paint after careful study and research, frame this cycle and the meanings and mechanics that derive from this process. The artist believes that disappearance is a physical process of nature that simultaneously arouses a sense of beauty, attraction, reflection and fantasy. In this way physical experiences expand to become both spiritual and transcendent.
