Chul Hyun Ahn

Chul Hyun Ahn
Three Squares, 2014
Plywood, changing LED lights, mirrors
156.2 x 156.2 16.5 cm
Edition of 3

Courtesy of C. Grimaldis Gallery

The genesis of Korean-born, US-based, artist, Chul Hyun Ahn’s light installations was attempting to paint ‘space’ on a flat canvas.  To resolve this conundrum, Ahn utilized a different medium: he made mirror boxes – closed and dark - which he then filled with light sources to reveal the space within. 
  'Three Squares' is part of a geometric series based on the shape of a mandala – the symbol representing the enlightened mind achieved through meditation.  This sensation radiates throughout the artwork: with its decreasing squares and changing colours, the installation draws the observer deep in the direction of the fading light, into the absence of light, the void, at its centre. 

Hedge, issue 34, April 2015, pp67-76