[News] Korean artist Lee Jinju’s debut Hong Kong exhibition features 23 new pieces

It is hard to pull away from Korean artist Lee Jinju’s “Black Paintings”. Faces, body parts and other objects, painted realistically with the finest of brushstrokes, loom out from what appears to be total and utter darkness.

Rooted in centuries-old “East Asian painting” techniques that she trained in as an adolescent, Lee’s paintings are both traditional and contemporary.

January 28, 2025