Re: Kim Sookang

[Diana Bloomfield <dhbloomfield@bellsouth.net>]

Thanks for that description, Loris.  I hadn't seen that.  Isn't her  
work incredible?  It takes your breath away.

Diana


On Oct 28, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Loris Medici wrote:

> http://www.gallery339.com/html/ArtistBio.asp?artnum=33&w=
>
> "...Sookang’s creative process involves laying multiple coats of
> pigment onto photographic paper using a single monochrome negative.  
> The
> artist then carefully brushes the color, thinning it out in certain  
> places
> and removing it completely from others, thus creating fine texture and
> accentuating shades. The accumulation of translucent layers gives
> “body” to each print; with each subsequent layer the  
> images
> come into being. Each exposure mediates, as it were, an additional  
> trace
> of the subject..."
>
> Whoa!? Incredible work, moreso when thinking how it's done! Thanks for
> mentioning Diana.
>
> Regards,
> Loris.