About
I am a Korean-American painter living in New York city. I started this blog as a food blog, intending to share recipes (often requested by friends, as I am known to be a pretty good cook among my friends) and occasional restaurant reviews. As many of my Korean friends point out, all Koreans are obsessed about food (including me). I love shopping, making, looking at and reading about food, too. Food is my porn. Even my art is about food. Over the years, however, the blog evolved into sharing more of the things that interest me at the moment; classical music (especially opera), theater, books, French language, political and cultural ideas, and of course, food. I am also writing about the exhibitions that I am involved in as well as other exhibition reviews. In the end, I hope that I am showing my engagement as an artist with the society and the culture in general. Hopefully, some of it interests you, too.Social Profiles
Yearly Archives: 2012
Accola Griefen at SCOPE Miami 2012
Accola Griefen Gallery took some of my paintings and drawings to Miami this year to participate in SCOPE Miami 2012. This year’s Miami edition of the fair, December 4 – December 9, 2012, presented 80 international galleries in addition to … Continue reading
Weathering the Post-tropical Storm Sandy
This has been an unusual week here in New York City. After much fanfare and warnings of the imminent arrival of Frankenstorm by news media, Hurricane (or post-tropical storm) Sandy arrived on Monday night on schedule as advertised. Jaded by … Continue reading
The 50th New York Film Festival
As usual, the New York Film Festival offers such a smorgasbord of international movies both small and big, I had a difficult time narrowing down my choices to less than 10 movies (with such pesky constraints like time and money … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged Alain Resnais, Cristian Mungiu, Léos Carax, Michael Haneke, New York Film Festival, NYFF
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Marking the Time at The Clock by Christian Marclay
By now most people in the art world have heard of Christian Marclay’s 24 hour video installation, The Clock. First shown in New York at Paula Cooper Gallery in January, the demand for viewing was so high that some people … Continue reading
Posted in Art review
Tagged Big Ben, Christian Marclay, clock, Lincoln Center, movies, video installation
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Visual Feast: A Pattern and Decoration Exhibition
I will be showing a few pieces of my work at this summer exhibition in Chelsea. Please come and see the work and let me know what you think. ACCOLA GRIEFEN GALLERY OPENING: Thursday, June 28, 6 – 8pm June … Continue reading
June Gallery Roundup in Chelsea
I caught the last days of some good painting exhibitions in Chelsea. Particularly interesting for me was to see three different generation women painters showing at the same time in Chelsea: Alice Neel, Nicole Eisenman & Dana Schutz. The focus … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Neel, Chelsea, Dana Schutz, Friedrich Petzel, gallery crawl, Leo Koenig, Nicole Eisenman, Zwirner
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Frieze: White Alien Tent That Landed in Randall’s Island
New York City got yet another art fair this month, an import from London. More than 180 galleries from 30 countries took part in the inaugural edition of Frieze New York making it the largest event produced by Frieze. The fair … Continue reading
Multi-vegetable Paella
This is another great dish from my favorite cookbook Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottoleghi. Grilled marinated artichokes, Kalamata olives and various vegetables add distintive and diverse texture to this rice dish. This rice dish might be too light … Continue reading
April Gallery Roundup in Chelsea
I went around a few streets in Chelsea last Saturday taking advantage of sunny spring weather despite some gusty chilly winds. There were many more painting exhibitions this time around than sculpture or installations. I included all the photos of … Continue reading
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Tagged Accola Griefe, Andrea Rosen, Cheim and Read, Chelsea, Deleuze, gallery crawl, James Cohan, Marianne Boesky, Pace
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Keith Haring: 1978–1982 at the Brooklyn Museum of Art
I enjoyed my visit to Keith Haring exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Keith Haring: 1978–1982 is the first large-scale exhibition to explore the early career of one of the best-known American artists of the twentieth century. Tracing the development of … Continue reading
Posted in Art review, Exhibitions
Tagged 1980s, Brooklyn Museum of Art, James Franco, Keith Haring, Tricia Laughlin Bloom
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