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Hyung Koo Kang’s Portraiture: The Resurrection of Icons

Hyung Koo Kang is known for his hyper realistic portraits of iconic personalities from history, such as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Diana, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Andy Warhol.

Kang’s paintings are composed of large canvases depicting facial features of his subjects, of which the most striking attribute is the stunning eyes; piercing and pregnant ciphers of the lives of each persona. The subjects’ vibrant eyes are not an abstract feature rendered by the flourishing final touches of the artist’s brush, but physiognomy embedded with adjoining facial muscles, nose, mouth, hair--all closely connected to tell a more complete story.

Kang’s unique style of illustration creates new personas from the pool of imagery of famous figures that is deeply imprinted on our psyche, as most faces are icons we have seen in numerous paintings and photographs.

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