THINKING THROUGH DRAWING: PRACTICE INTO KNOWLEDGE

THINKING THROUGH DRAWING: PRACTICE INTO KNOWLEDGE 151

Jeesoo Lee

This piece is a study where uncorrelated

images from my memories and present

mind are materialized to obtain a mean-

ingful aesthetic. Fanciful and unrecogniz-

able shapes are mapped with threads,

nails, and other materials on a board to

create an unexpected form of inner-scape

that evokes my cognitive and perceptive

abilities. It is abstract, informal and subjec-

tive; the process is based on a free form

style, which enables me to make decisions

about where to locate elements and how

to orchestrate the images together with

efficiency and ease. And though the pro-

cess has ended, the visually constructed

physicality opens a new geographical

imagery which is left open to interpreta-

tion. Lines of flexible materials are drawn

from point to point, layers are built above

and beneath, and the nature of complex-

ity is explored in abstraction.

Obscura model 1, approximately 4’ x 6’ x 1”

mixed media, 2011

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