Untitled
Lee Doo Shik Korean
Not on view
At first glance, this work looks like an abstract painting. Yet closer examination reveals that Lee Doo Shik has created a complex, layered image by combining techniques of hyperrealism with abstraction. Studying art at the illustrious Hongik University in the 1970s, Lee rebelled against the dominance of monochrome painting and turned to hyperrealism and surrealism. As seen in this work with a palette primarily consisting of the five cardinal colors (yellow, blue, red, black, white), green, and gold, Lee shifts toward abstraction and uses color as means to incorporate aspects of East Asian cosmology, Buddhist art, and palace and temple architecture.
