Poetry in Colour - Yongtak Choi

The painting of the artist born in South Korea in 1973 Yongtak Choi moves across between realism and abstraction. This is very clearly seen in his portrait cycle »All + A". With great scenic Can the artist portrays the human face detail and almost photo realistic. Often the eyes of his protagonists are closed and returned the gaze inward, as if the sitter would be in a distant dream world. But the face itself breaks Yongtak Choi then using a leveled and scraped paint job on, so it seems to dissolve in a sea of ​​color from a multi-number of kaleidoscope-like areas of color.