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CHOI IN-SUN
(Korean, B. 1964)
Museum Interior
signed and inscribed in Korean (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
181.5 x 227 cm. (71 1/2 x 89 3/5 in.)
Painted in 2011

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Lot Essay

Choi In-Sun's body of work can be largely divided into three periods: 'Physical Properties' (1989-1995), 'Signs' (1996-2002), and 'Museum Interiors' (2003-current). In the first two periods, Choi attempted to explore the painterly aspects of materials as icons and letters. Choi sought to integrate both, rather than paying attention to each of properties and body, and of body and signs. Featured here, Museum Interior (Lot 2434 and Lot 2435), are two pivotal works from his most recent explorations. In the works, Choi exquisitely examines the relationship between language and communication. Diverse symbols, forms, and images in the works objectify his fragments of thoughts and experiences. It is the images transformed from his linguistic system and conception. The two paintings exhibit a delicately balanced composition to demonstrate a harmonious space, which emphasizes the figurative structures in its realistic configurations. The saturated colors run vividly throughout the canvas, and reinforce the abstract elements to appear as actual objects when viewed in its entirety. Choi composes a sense of realism viewed through an abstract lens and his approach allows us to experience the abstractions in its most distilled form. Thus a multitude of possibilities and meanings can be created through the visual language expressed in his works.

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