IB Art Final Exhibition Guide 2019 IB Art Exhibition Guide 2019 | Page 12

Sean Lee
My works are a continually evolving series of
experiments that deal with documenting human
gestures and movements, studies of systems and
discipline. Inquiries into my subconscious state
echo acts of mapping; abstraction and reduction
are my exercises to investigate space, composition
and self-awareness. Contrastingly, my print and
sculptural works create mechanical, seemingly robotic
experiences to explore ideas of individuality, promoted
by an increasing sense of conformity to society’s
expectations that I have observed.
Hannah Kang Wolter
My mixed parentage and experience living in both
Europe and Asia has made the abstract concept of
identity even more ambiguous for me. Our heritage
and environment, our ideas and passions, our habits
and inclinations – all these contribute to the making
of one’s identity, and my artwork is primarily an
attempt to express this. Through different media,
I have tried to convey the multifaceted nature of
human disposition and emotion; my series of smaller
portraits in different styles aim to reflect how identity
is ever-changing and cannot be fixed or categorised,
while the intricacies of my inked drawings reflect the
complexity of an individual.
Alongside portraiture, I used landscape as a means
of expressing the emotional and mental state of
an individual, leading me to term these pieces
‘mindscapes’. I drew much of my inspiration from
traditional East Asian art, as well as from modern
artists such as Kim Nam Pyo and Fu Baoshi, which
itself was a means of exploring heritage. The balanced
composition, poignant use of space and appreciation
of nature typical of these works were aspects I hoped
to capture in my own art to act as a foil to the tumult
of human nature. Ultimately, my art is an expression of
an individual’s growth and self-discovery.