as translated by stella im hultberg
I look at the work of Jinyoung Yu and I am given over to an overwhelming need to weep. Once more one of my favorite artists, Stella Im Hultberg -- per her { lovely distractions } blog -- has opened my eyes to art and artists that would otherwise have escaped my notice. When I first gazed upon these naked pieces my mind conjured up Miyazaki's Spirited Away which contained a shadow character of a similar construct. It had an amorphous shape (initially) as dense and dark as shadow and a pale, expressionless face/mask that nevertheless encompassed a deep sadness. Those who have had the pleasure of watching the film know that this creature devoured everything in sight in an attempt to fill the hollowness within. But no meal can satisfy an ache like that, no coin can tempt it close. As wonderful as the film is it drops the ball here a bit; I am left with an itching curiousity about that hungry shade; what was his story? I want his story. That's my problem, however: Spirited Away is not his story or the story of anyone else but Chihiro, and that was gorgeous enough. Anywho. I am reminded of that character when I look at the work pictured above and directly below.
Gorgeous, isn't it?
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This is by an artist named Monica Subide. Entitled "Ballerina", it can be found on { lovely distractions } as well, and I love it to death! Stella comments that she loves the "emotion in the brushwork" and I concur. My eye is compulsively drawn to the black strokes flowering madly from the subject's torso. The peeking toes at the fraying edge, the pale innocence stirs an empathy in my soul. As with Jinyoung Yu's work (currently selling at Union's for $30,000-$50,000 a pop) I'm sure her art is too rich for my blood, which is a shame, because I would love to own one.--
listening to an amalgam of soundtracks:
Amelie
1st Shop of Coffee Prince
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