Tree of Life #5-2-4

Photograph

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

In the image, a strikingly luminous tree with a stark white trunk stands alone in a vast open field under a darkening sky, its branches adorned with countless glowing lights that resemble a constellation of stars, casting an ethereal glow that contrasts beautifully with the deep blue hues of the evening backdrop.

In the image, a strikingly luminous tree with a stark white trunk stands alone in a vast open field under a darkening sky, its branches adorned with countless glowing lights that resemble a constellation of stars, casting an ethereal glow that contrasts beautifully with the deep blue hues of the evening backdrop.

Name/Title

Tree of Life #5-2-4

Entry/Object ID

2016.7.1

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

C-type print

Category

Landscape, Plants and Nature, On-Display at Calvin University

Made/Created

Artist

Lee Jeonglok

Date made

2013

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

59 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

31 in

Width

52-1/2 in

Depth

1-7/8 in

Exhibitions

Permanent Collection: March 15 - April 29, 2017 Center Art Gallery
Spaan Collection - Center Art Gallery May 29 - July 10, 2018
Loan - Spaan Collection @ Dordt College
Loan - Spaan Collection @ 2nd CRC - Grand Haven, Michigan
PC responses to Jennifer Steensma Hoag's Sabbatical exhibition - November 29, 2022 - January 27, 2023
Loan - Spaan Collection @ LaGrave CRC
Spaan Collection - August 27 - November 29, 2024

General Notes

Note

Lee Jeonglok is a Korean photographer who produces his images through a complex and painstaking process centered around the perception that light encompasses an almost spiritual, unearthly quality. The images are not made digitally, but by camera techniques using long and multiple exposures, manipulating artificial light and deploying various props on site and in real time. The physicality and engagement of this process is important to the artist. “I struggled to find a way to express the vitality dormant in a dry branch. Going through a series of experiments, I began to use light. Light is the most appropriate medium to express the vitality that I discerned.”