Painting Unfamiliar Objects

Below is thesis work by YeaSeul Lee ’20 MFA (Fine Arts Studio): 

“Occasionally, certain things come alive to me as representing something that leaves behind a trace of time,” Lee said. “That mark emerges from suffering and it communicates itself to the world outside. I have been interested in abandoned things which have been disregarded, especially what are, to me, unfamiliar objects. I am inspired by the moment when I feel a sense of familiarity with those things that I have not dealt with before, and then I sublimate my feelings into art. It begins with the feeling of pity for sewage systems that are not usually seen. My work combines the feelings that I have experienced with sewages and seeks to make them appear more mystical and otherworldly on the canvas.”