Park Jieun is a Korean artist who uses an intriguing combination of traditional and contemporary methods and materials. She superimposes painted images of modern cityscapes over expressive brushstrokes in ink, applied to Korean paper and decorated with gold leaf. The cityscapes are meticulously painted in acrylic and are a record of her personal travels. The brushed images are gesturally powerful, reminiscent of traditional Korean calligraphy. She describes these marks as descriptive of her emotional response to the stress and excitement of experiencing new places.
