Small Reception of artwork
by Sungyong hong
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
5 pm - 7 pm
200 W Madison, #2100 Chicago IL 60606
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RSVP required to gaci.praksis@gmail.com by Sept 16th Heuristic 03, 2014, Lenticular 3D, 27.5x27.5inch
Prak-sis is delighted to introduce Sungyong Hong’s intense three-dimensional images during EXPO CHICAGO Week from September 19th through the 22nd. Hong’s work experience with the innovation team at Korean-based LG Electronics gave him a solid foundation for communicating with audiences subconsciously through his abstract art form.
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Sungyong Hong’s series 'Heuristic', a method of learning, started in 2014. As the Wall Street International magazine described: "The depths and layers of Hong’s Lenticular prints emerge in striking three-dimensional tones, where circles and whorls of bright color jump out of black backgrounds."
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Sungyong Hong uses a complex technique with 70 different layers forming his unique style. From an understanding of his artwork, one would sense that Hong developed three-dimensional images based on current digital culture and that his work would be identified as deeply rooted in the Korean traditional techniques of pursuing depth and perfectionism into a unique vocabulary.
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Hong’s optical art not only explores the most cutting-edge contemporary art but also the style of artistic origin coming from Western art, such as from Georges Seurat and Paul Signac’s pointillism and up to the Op-Art movement of the 1960’s.
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Living in these highly technologically advanced times, Hong’s artwork resonates with ordinary people who are constantly bombarded with new apps and digital systems.
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Op Art or Optical Art is the term used to describe paintings or sculptures which seem to swell and vibrate through their use of optical illusions.
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Pointillism is a form of painting in which tiny dots of primary-colors are used to generate secondary colors. It is an offshoot of impressionism, and is usually categorized as a form of Post-Impressionism. This type of paintings are created for the optical illusion by using tiny dots of primary colors in order to generate secondary colors Op-Art movement was used for making visual movement that are actually on only two dimensional surfaces.
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