Sep
20
Jin Lee at Devening Projects
A Beautifully Poetic Show
I haven't written anything on the blog for a few weeks, but not for want of things to write about. I recently attended the opening of a wonderful exhibition that prompted this entry. I have known Jin Lee's photographs for some time, having seen one of her "Heads" in an exhibition in the photography galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago long before I lived here, and long before I ever met Jin, who I have now come to count among my friends. The silhouetted portrait caught my attention because, in spite of its minimal visual information about the subject--an outline of the face and hair--my mind consistently filled in the details, and I thought I would recognize this young woman if I ever met her in reality.
I haven't written anything on the blog for a few weeks, but not for want of things to write about. I recently attended the opening of a wonderful exhibition that prompted this entry. I have known Jin Lee's photographs for some time, having seen one of her "Heads" in an exhibition in the photography galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago long before I lived here, and long before I ever met Jin, who I have now come to count among my friends. The silhouetted portrait caught my attention because, in spite of its minimal visual information about the subject--an outline of the face and hair--my mind consistently filled in the details, and I thought I would recognize this young woman if I ever met her in reality.