<Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> exhibition is drawing a lot of attention in Korea. The exhibition <Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> is a retrospective by American artist Alice Dalton Brown. This exhibition is her first overseas exhibition. Alice Dalton Brown is a hyperrealism artist who uses light and shadow to paint beautiful nature as vividly as a photograph. Her work is not only displayed at prestigious institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of New York and the New York Public Library but also attracted attention by being presented in domestic dramas. The exhibition will feature more than 80 paintings, including the original oil paintings of "Long Golden Day," which were introduced in the dramas "The World of the Married" and "Stranger," and Alice Dalton Brown's new paintings, as well as large as two to three meters in size. With the <Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> exhibition, you'll feel at peace and like you're on a quiet trip. Don't you want to get into the stillness of an Alice Dalton Brown painting? Let's explore the <Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> exhibition with CAH.
The Harmony of Natural and Artificial Objects
Alice Dalton Brown has drawn for a long time, beautifully harmonized pictures of light and shadows, studying how light casts shadows on buildings. The exhibition consists of four sections: 1. "Light and Shadow", 2. "Invitation to the House", 3. "Summer Breeze", and 4. "Impression of Italy". The second part, "Invitation to Home," deals with Alice's work on a house that she devoted herself to from 1979 to the late 1990s. She found a porch and door, or a space that connects the outside and the inside, and captured it in a picture. Alice painted the Westfield mansion in various compositions. "Westfield with Landscape" is a combination of natural scenery and Westfield mansion, making the painting more nature-friendly and beautiful. The white mansion and mint curtain exudes cool feeling, and the shadow from the sunlight makes the painting more three-dimensional and realistic. The pillars of the mansion are so antique and elaborate that it looks like a sophisticated and neat house. “Summer Retreat” is impressive in that it contrasts the well-trimmed white houses with the lush trees next to them. The leaves, which are detailed in the yellow sunlight and light that seep through the neatly constructed and combined houses, are very detailed and realistic. It naturally blends with the artificial house and the green natural scenery, not leaving disparate feelings at all.
Summer Breeze
The main section of the exhibition is "Summer Breeze." This is the third of the four sections, painted by Alice Dalton Brown from the 2000s. In the summer wind section, there are many works that take the composition to the inside of the house looking out. "In the Quiet Moment," one of her first three new works to be unveiled in the exhibition, you may feel as if you are traveling near a lake. The painting contains white clouds, silver lakes shining in the sun, and clear white curtains. Also, the shadow that gently falls under the curtain due to sunlight makes the painting look more realistic. You can feel like you are looking at the lake in the warm sun with the windows open on a summer day. This is the moment when the title of the exhibition, "Where the Light Breaths," comes to life. It is a fantastic painting that clearly reveals her passion for art as a painter who has studied light and shadow for decades. Also, the perfect harmony between light and shadow creates admiration because the painting is so elaborate that it is no exaggeration to say it is a photograph. In addition to "In the Quiet Moment," there are many new pictures such as "Expectation," "Lifting Light," and the pictures of the wind blowing on summer days, that you can enjoy as well.
Appreciating the Art Works with Music Playlist
The <Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> exhibition offers something special to give you a richer appreciation of the paintings. It is a playlist that you can listen to when you view the exhibition. Genie Music, a Korean digital music service, collaborated with the exhibition and provides free music to gallery viewers. Even if you don’t listen to music throughout the exhibition, Genie Music prepared a playlist specialized in the second and third sections. If you look at the second section of the exhibition, "Invitation to the House," there are QR codes on the wall. If you scan the QR codes, they connect you to the Genie Music app and provide a playlist with calm New Age music. If you listen to Yuki Kura moto’s “close to you”, you will feel as if you visited a quiet house in person. In the third section, "Summer Wind," you can also connect to the ASMR music playlist by scanning the QR code. In this section, ASMR music containing the sound of water flowing is included in the playlist. As there are many paintings with white curtains and silver lakes floating in the wind, you can enjoy the paintings with ASMR music, you will feel like you are assimilating into the waves of the lake flowing in the wind. Moreover, thanks to the music playlists provided, you can feel not only visual pleasure but also auditory pleasure.
<Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes> is a meaningful exhibition where you can look back on Alice Dalton Brown's 50 years of painting. At a time when traveling abroad is difficult due to COVID-19, you are able to feel as if you are in an overseas resort with her work. If you feel bored or depressed in your daily life because of COVID-19, your mind will be healed. Warm sunlight, clear water, and shadows that make the paintings seem so realistic. Also, they will make your mind calm. Furthermore, a music playlist will guide you into Alice's world of work. The three new works that will be unveiled at this exhibition. Let’s dive into the wonderful exhibition <Alice Dalton Brown, Where the Light Breathes>, where to heal with beautiful paintings.
Dates: 2021.07.24 - 2021.10.24
Hours: Every day 10:00 - 20:00
Place: My Art Museum
Ticket Prices: Adults 18,000 won, Adolescents 12,000 won, Children 10,000 won
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