By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
Artist Jang Young-ju is holding a solo exhibition ``Expressing Korean Mental Energy in Paintings'' at the Insa Art Center, northern Seoul, through June 3.
Her abstract expressionist works are characterized by strong splashes of color and energetic brushwork. It is not difficult to see why art critic Antonia Pereira described Jang's works as having the ``energy of an abstract expressionist and spiritual sensibilities of a master calligrapher.''
Pereira further notes that Jang uses the paint with a robust spontaneity that makes it appear as if it has been ``poured, smeared, sprayed and washed across the canvas.''
Angela Di Bello, editor in chief of Arties Spestrum magazine, praised Jang's paintings ``A World of Calligraphy I, Compassion, Dynamic, Noble and The Universe.'' She said the paintings ``exhibit strength in the fusion of color and calligraphy.''
Jang has already participated in several group exhibitions at the New York Art Fair and Korean Culture Centers in Japan, France and Taiwan. She is a painter of the New York Agora Gallery, and member of the Korea Fine Art Association, Contemporary Artist Association in Switzerland and Parallel Universes.
Call Insa Art Center at (02) 736-1020 or visit www.youngjujang.com.