CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA---An art work called Homage documenting Korean-born artist,
Hyun-Hee Lee's conversion from
Buddhism to
Catholicism and paying homage to both, is the winner of the prestigious John Coburn Emerging Artist Award as part of the
2012 Blake Prizes for Religious and Spiritual Art announced this morning.
Hyun-Hee Lee [
Video] has produced an outstanding and highly original work. Using pencil, ink, hanji paper, cotton thread and canvas, the work comprises a series of panels with each panel featuring texts of the New Testament translated into Korean have been cut into strips, folded and knotted into small bows and attached to canvas in a complex overlay. "Homage embodies the respect I have for the two religions which have guided my life," she writes in notes that accompanied her entry explaining her inspiration for the work. [
link]
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| First ever winner of the Blake Prize in 1951 was Justin O'Brien for the triptych The Virgin Enthroned |
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