CURRENT EXHIBITION
GRACE EUNCHONG LEE
Nature Abounds
April 7 - May 5, 2024
Grace actualizes organic and geological processes through her meditative drawing practice - each work is a beautiful discovery and no two are the same.
Grace Eunchong Lee was born in Incheon, South Korea in 1988. She received a BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2014. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and this is her second solo show with Alto Beta.
Join us for the opening reception Sunday, April 7, 3-5pm, with a musical performance by Brian Randolph from 3-3:30.
GRACE EUNCHONG LEE
Working on multiple drawings at once, the formal aspects are tangentially connected yet each is completely individual. The accumulation of many ordinary moments layered on top and next to each other eventually produces the final image.
Largely unplanned and always a complete surprise in the end, the drawings are an exercise in phenomenology and solitary contemplation. As much as the mind determines the process, the process gives back a visual report of the internal state, in an unending harmonious cycle.
Errors are seen as gateways to new potentialities. There are no specific ties to any external references. I find Pollock’s quote, “I do not paint nature. I am nature.” especially resonant for my process and this body of work.