Shatto Gallery is pleased to present Wind that Blows from the East - Utopia, paintings by artist Wang Yeul, his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Wang, a pioneer of Korean traditional landscape painting, deconstructs traditional landscapes while embracing and reinterpreting some of its distinctive elements. He experiments with the effects of new types of line delineation using new materials such as acrylic, gesso, gold dust, silver dust, and varnish, as well as cloth-based ink, maximizing the effects of conventional brush lines on a background applied with these mixed materials. Wang’s work is filled with natural elements such as mountains, birds and trees. It seemingly looks like a simple landscape painting at first glance, but as the viewer searches longer they can find some hidden symbols and metaphors. He adopts natural elements as metaphoric expressions for modern people and life, their different feelings and emotions. Through the use of symbols, he emphasizes a spirit of painting rather than a formal quality or a concrete description of forms and explores the hardness of life and existential problems as well as some positive aspects of contemporary life. Wang Yeul had over 65 solo exhibitions and 600 group exhibitions around the world including Korea, Japan, Switzerland, Germany, China, France, and the U.S. and his works are held in the collections of major institutions such as the National Museum of Contemporary Art, The Bank of Korea, Seoul National University of Arts, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Daejeon Museum of Art, Art Bank, Art Center NABi, and many more. Gallery location: Shatto Gallery Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm Gallery Phone: 213-277-1960 Email: shattogallery@gmail.com Exhibiting Artists: Wang Yeul