Korean Artist Horyon Lee’s oil painting series named Overlapping images
integrates the double exposure technique typically seen in photography.
The remarkable thing is how the
body of work is classified as paintings, yet they look much closer to
photography. These realistic interpretations of scantily clad women employ a
layering method that plays with opacity. There is a sense of movement created
through the dynamic overlapping giving the viewer a sense of viewing several
moments at once.
Although the oil paintings suggest movement, they also reflect a highly
erotic component. The slow-motion sensuality of the skirt flirts with this idea
of eroticism. Lee’s previous often represents a faceless female form which
could be a depiction of the male gaze.
There’s certainly something voyeuristic about his body of work whilst simultaneously
being visually delightful.
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