SEN CHUNG

 

With his subtle handling of paint and unique vocabulary, Sen Chung has built an impressive body of work that explores subjective themes of nature and a nostalgic eroticism. Employing a technique of light washes coupled with liberal accents of color, Chung’s oil paintings present an uncanny world populated by sensuous depictions of woman and a menagerie of birds and horses.

 

While the artist’s subjects are classical in inspiration, he clearly locates them in a contemporary milieu that highlights an unstable psychological landscape. The coupling of animals and human subjects creates a dynamic hybrid of baroque and fragmentary themes where there is no explicit narrative. In this respect the artist locates his subject in the unconscious ego as it relates to nature, highlighting the ontological tension between the self and its surroundings.

Taken together, the narrative that unfolds within this atmosphere is one that is equally sublime and full of anxiety — like a fevered Eden. Using his masterly approach to brushstroke and color, Chung’s lush paintings convey a perfectly poised balance that pull the viewer into a surreal atmosphere.

 

Sen Chung graduated from Hong-Ik University with a BFA, and received Masters degrees from Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in Germany and Chelsea College of Art & Design in London, UK. He has held several solo and group exhibitions in Germany, Belgium, England, Italy, USA, Australia and Korea. The artist resides and works in Dusseldorf, Germany.