The University of Arizona's Joseph Gross Gallery presents David Choong Lee's "Sunshine on Cast Shadow."
There will be a reception on June 26 from 5-7 p.m.
Based out of San Francisco’s street art movement, Korean born artist Lee reflects on social conditions within youth culture, urban environments and generation “next,” tapping into both American and Korean visual aesthetics. Sociopolitical and economic issues surrounding homelessness and youth populations are at the heart of Lee’s paintings, which play with the subcultures’ politics of power, judgment and perception. Lee’s on-location assemblages embody concepts that float between his choice of subject matter, materiality and technique. The graffiti-like amalgamations fold in traditional figurative portraiture and promote public discourse, challenging the notion of what is considered fine art. Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Sukdo and the underground DJ Movement have largely influenced his art.
Lee has been widely exhibited in a variety of spaces including Bucheon Gallery and White Walls Gallery in San Francisco, Joshua Liner Gallery in New York City and Yves LaRoche in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Joseph Gross is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and is free to the public.
The Joseph Gross and Lionel Rombach Galleries are located on the UA campus between the Museum of Art and the Center for Creative Photography. Parking is available on Second Street, east of Park Avenue or in the parking garage north of Speedway on Park Avenue.
Audience: All
Joseph Gross Gallery, School of Art
Brooke Grucella
School of Art
520-626-4215
brookeg@email.arizona.edu
http://www.cfa.arizona.edu/galleries
http://davidchoonglee.com
