Jeong, Bo Young
B. 1973
 

Jeong, Bo Young is a South Korean artist. Painting with the technicality, precision and subject matter of natural lighting as the Old Masters did, Jeong revives landscape paintings by incorporating contemporary elements such as welded iron chairs, smoke stacks and concrete tiles. She subtly plays with the presence and effects of light on the viewer, creating a cheerful visual puzzle for the viewer to decipher as suggested by the ambiguous title of both works. The depiction of light in Jeong's works also shows her keen observation on the phenomenon of light, leading her to catch the stillness of light, exposing the spiritual quality it can hold over a space and viewer. The two folds of light, both internal and external, are revealed in Jeong Bo Young's paintings.

Lighting Up
2009
Oil on canvas
530 x 455 cm
Private collection
Interesting video (6 min) with the artist on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/F6xpmJGw1ak?si=-Ia5Xszv6x_gCD1q