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Cheon, Kwang-Yeop February 14 - February 28, 2001 A minimalist painter, Cheon Kwang-Yeop, presents his recent series of paintings, "Speechless", "Looking Back" and "Continuum". Using 'the dots' as a fundamental element of his painting, he has studied extensively the effects of colour, structure and rhythm as a whole. He draws the dots regularly and repeatedly on the computer, then juxtaposes the different colour gelatine films (blue, yellow, violet...etc.) over the matrix. Through this process of overlapping transparent layers of film, he arrives at a new colour. The final layer is covered with the opaque film which 'intercepts the exposure of light' and it gives the pastel color of the painting. The dots in the work of Chun Kwang-Yup function as a negative space as well as a positive space; as a round protruding mark on the surface as well as a hole pierced on the picture plane. He intends both revelation and concealment of the visible. The pastel tones and silent rhythm of the repeated dots stimulate the tactile sense through their heightened visual impact. The picture plane is on a slight relief, the convex dots coexist with the concave. The paintings are hung 4-5 cm away from the surface of the wall giving a sculptural effect. His paintings do not present themselves only as two dimensional planes but work as three dimensional objects suspended from the wall, entering into the viewers space. After completing his studies at the Department of Fine Arts at Kyung-hee University in Seoul, he continued his graduated studies at the Pratt Institute in New York. He has hold many solo exhibitions in Korea and Japan, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions and in international art fairs including Basel, Chicago and San Francisco.
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