SIHN MIN JOO

Through various series of works, Sihn has persistently created paintings based on the fundamental artistic gesture of brush stroke. Sihn has shaped her own powerful painterly surface through repetitive brisk brush strokes, and using the printmaking tool squeegee to erase or stain the traces of the brush. Not only is the chance smudging of the paint – produced through the physical contact between the brush and canvas – taken as something beyond her control but also an essential part of the work process. This process leads the work to deviate from standardized boundaries to be reinvented into a beautiful surface filled with a sense of freedom and wondrous traces. Sihn’s uniquely beautiful works focus on two antipodal colors of black and white, between which diverse layers of grey form endless conflict and harmony between black and white.