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Candlelit (sold) Painting

ShinYoung An

United States

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 30 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

My motivation for this painting was the article underneath, the Jasmine Revolution in the Middle East and how the revolution spread out around other countries by social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Activists in Egypt called for an uprising in their own country to protest against poverty, unemployment, and government corruption, etc. I used a candle to represent the civilians’ actions, especially a woman holding a candle image over the backdrop of articles from January 2011. We often use a lighted candle as a nonviolent way to strike out against injustice or in memory of victims and those who died. Candlelight symbolizes the sacrifice of one’s life. Fire signifies the light from the darkness.

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Painting:

Oil on Canvas

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

30 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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ShinYoung was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. in 1995. She received 33 awards in painting, including the 2024 and 2011 Individual Artist Fellowship Grant in painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, partnered with the Mid-Atlantic Arts, the 2018 Spring Residency Program of the ESKFF at Mana Contemporary, the Best of Show & Award of Merit of 2004 from the Heartland Exhibition of the City of Merriam in Kansas, and the Len G. Everett Memorial Award for the Advancement of American Art from Allied Artists of America in 2002 & 2008, etc. In 2003, while traveling with a Xavier Gonzalez & Edwards grant from the Art Students League of NY, she joined the Cercle Artistic de Sant Lluc in Barcelona, Spain. Her art has been shown at selected and invited exhibitions, mostly in public spaces, in over 120 groups, nine solo, and two two-person exhibitions throughout the U.S., Italy, Spain, Japan, and South Korea.

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