{"id":1404,"date":"2012-06-02T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2012-07-01T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T14:40:08","slug":"kisung-koh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/kisung-koh\/","title":{"rendered":"KiSung Koh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To make a long story short, I saw a brief article on <a href=\"http:\/\/hifructose.com\/2012\/06\/01\/kisung-kohs-nature-inspired-paintings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hi-Fructose<\/a> about an artist I was unfamiliar with, <a href=\"http:\/\/kisungkoh.blogspot.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">KiSung Koh<\/a>. Koh is originally from Seoul but moved to Canada in 2006, &amp; recently graduated from Sheridan College. He has technical skills (in spades) &amp; well-developed themes; pretty impressive work for a recent grad! I enjoy the mixture of representational realism with fantastic elements and patterning. There&#8217;s something very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/search?hl=en&amp;safe=active&amp;biw=1657&amp;bih=829&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=princess+mononoke+spirit+of+the+forest&amp;oq=princess+mononoke+spirit+of+the+forest&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g1&amp;aql=&amp;gs_l=img.3..0.11761.14487.0.14727.21.3.0.18.18.0.56.157.3.3.0...0.0.JA-do8W0_GQ\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Mononoke<\/a> about it all that appeals to me.\u00a0Edit (June 12): I just saw this raven piece on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.booooooom.com\/2012\/06\/12\/artist-painter-kisung-koh\/\" target=\"_blank\">BOOOOOM<\/a>, and feel compelled to include it here &#8211; in no small part because the raven is my favourite bird.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1404-1' class='gallery gallery-1404'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/kisung-koh\/kk1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"KiSung Koh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/kisung-koh\/kk2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk2-150x109.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"KiSung Koh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk2-150x109.jpg 150w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk2-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk2-409x300.jpg 409w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/kisung-koh\/kk3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk3-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"KiSung Koh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk3-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/kk3.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-4'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/kisung-koh\/kisung-koh-raven\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"124\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Kisung-Koh-Raven-124x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"KiSung Koh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Kisung-Koh-Raven-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Kisung-Koh-Raven-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Kisung-Koh-Raven.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>Koh is very much into nature and has a pretty spiritual relationship going on in that regard.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was walking in a forest myself one day. It was early morning and very silent, calm. And I saw a deer family very close. I can\u2019t explain how I felt at the time because it\u2019s unspeakable. It was just truly amazing. It\u2019s probably easier to say that I saw not only deers but also beautiful spirits around them. There is nothing more beautiful than when you actually see a wild animal in the nature. However, we rarely see them from where they are supposed to be and just don\u2019t know how amazing they are to be alive.<br \/>\n&#8211; from Hi-Fructose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All in all, I&#8217;m very impressed with Koh&#8217;s work and I look forward to seeing more of it. It&#8217;s always great to find a new artist to follow, hopefully for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make a long story short, I saw a brief article on Hi-Fructose about an artist I was unfamiliar with, KiSung Koh. 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