Eva Eun-Sil Han Measured Emotions August 7 - 29, 2009
My work has involved the creation of conceptually based psychological objects and I use many geometric lines which helps me express my subconscious mind. For the show, I decided to call the name 'Measured Emotions' because there is a lot of geometry in your new works. The geometric lines remind me of schematic drawings and diagrams that are used for measuring things. But, instead of measuring objects or scientific things, they are maybe diagrams of emotional states. They are like 'raw' emotional states.
We can see people’s face emotions but how about if we can measure their emotions through shapes of geometry. Our emotions play an important role throughout the span of our lives because they enrich virtually all of our waking moments with either a pleasant or an unpleasant quality. I was wonder if we can measure our emotions with shapes of geometry.
“Measured emotions” might contain two meanings. One could be measured emotions as fear, amusement, anger, relief, disappointment, hope, etceteras instead of one isolated emotion and the other could be meaning that I measure all these shapes of geometry when I cut them or make lines for process my work. All shapes must be all in good measurement otherwise the shapes cannot be fitted each other. I measure my emotional statement when I work at the same time I measure these shapes of geometry.
To realize this emotional state in geometric shapes, I use many other type of colors and patterns papers cutting out images from magazines or vintage books using collage technique with mixed media such as oil painting or an acrylic.
Born in South Korea, currently working and living in Belgium
Education
1991-1995 B.F.A., DANKOOK University, South Korea
1994-1995 NAREA Design Institute Graphic Art
2004-2005 L'Atelier d'Art de la Grange des Champs - Belgium
Expositions
2009
4.4-5.10. 2009 “Portraits pour trait” Selected group show, Centre Culturel Huy,
Belgium