http://paulbaines.co.uk/2009/11/urban-seoul/ Portfolio for UK Urban Artist Paul Baines Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:34:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://paulbaines.co.uk/2009/11/urban-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-1041 admin Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:08:43 +0000 http://paulbaines.co.uk/?p=2317#comment-1041 <p>Yes it's true, Choon Lee's art offers a powerful introspective tack. They work on a far more acutely emotional level than most urban art, yet they have a grittiness, a street wise sense about the world rarely found in more traditional paintings. I love the use of the boxes too, not quite an image, not quite an object, neither 2D or 3D, rather a flitting between the two. Boxes usually represent a form of classification to me, a defined space for a set of defined items, storage used, much like the media and government do with their assumptions of each of us as individuals. Filing data and ignoring the delights of difference for the sake of efficency and social control. It's almost as if Choong Lee has managed to combine the ideas of transgression and ascension, rather like one might expect in the reportage of the life, including the rise and decline of a fallen hero or outdated icon. Thanks for the comment. </p> Yes it's true, Choon Lee's art offers a powerful introspective tack. They work on a far more acutely emotional level than most urban art, yet they have a grittiness, a street wise sense about the world rarely found in more traditional paintings. I love the use of the boxes too, not quite an image, not quite an object, neither 2D or 3D, rather a flitting between the two. Boxes usually represent a form of classification to me, a defined space for a set of defined items, storage used, much like the media and government do with their assumptions of each of us as individuals. Filing data and ignoring the delights of difference for the sake of efficency and social control. It's almost as if Choong Lee has managed to combine the ideas of transgression and ascension, rather like one might expect in the reportage of the life, including the rise and decline of a fallen hero or outdated icon. Thanks for the comment.

]]> http://paulbaines.co.uk/2009/11/urban-seoul/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Gatekeeper Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:13:33 +0000 http://paulbaines.co.uk/?p=2317#comment-1040 Some of his pieces really take you inside  yourself to examine your prejudices and wrongly held assumptions.   Thanks for the link. Some of his pieces really take you inside  yourself to examine your prejudices and wrongly held assumptions.   Thanks for the link.

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