By Numbers - HyungMin Moon

By Numbers by the Korean Artist Moon HyungMin will be on at Space CottonSeed Gallery at Gillman Barracks from the 9th of May 2014 till 22nd June 2014.

On display are canvases made up of 100 by 100 grids, of which the 10000 small squares are painted. The colour of the squares are determined by a formula which he developed and represents the ten most common words from different America magazines. And he will painstakingly fill up the grid squares with the relevant paint colour(ten per painting, representing the ten most common words). A better write up can be found on the galleries website.

The results are pixelated canvases, which are interesting conceptually. But unfortunately, the painting is based on a formula and the resulting images, which I thought weren't that very visually gorgeous.

So it would be more of a conceptual painting rather then a painting to please. But its still hard work to meticulously fill up the 10000 squares.

Points for collectors: Interesting work. Contemporary art is moving towards conceptual art. Maybe because a lot of paintings have been done and the artist are striving for something new and unique. Or maybe (I think) its because really good painters are few and far between. Just look at the museums, there are only a handful of 'masters' for the past centuries and throughout the world.
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