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Joel Silverstein
Into Something Rich and Strange: Younghee Choi Martin and T.S. Eliot
A continuing problem for contemporary culture is the use of an employable past. This is particularly true of painting, where pressures have merged it…
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Martica Sawin
The Drawings of Younghee Choi Martin
Looking at Younghee Choi Martin’s pencil drawing The Sibyl of Cumae one is at first reminded of the angled lines and shifting tonal areas of a cubist…
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John Bradford
Arcadian Memory
I enjoy so much visiting Younghee’s studio. I feel very close to what she is doing and our conversations about paintings in progress are wonderfully…
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Carol Heft
On the Painting Titled Aftermath of an Ancient Battle
Above all, Younghee loves to paint. Her new body of work is earthy, textural, and full of movement. The artist’s brushstrokes create an undertone of…
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Nicolas Carone
Younghee Choi Martin is a painter with a concept
Younghee Choi Martin is a painter with a concept. Her plastic philosophy has a dialectical premise which deals with conscious and unconscious imagery…
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Louis Finkelstein
Two Generations of New York Women Painters
The dialogue between drawing and color is sustained, for example, by Younghee Choi Martin, one of the few artists painting complex figure…
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Val Schaffner, Director Nabi Gallery
Slices of Grand Opera
The paintings of Younghee Choi Martin bring a refreshing frisson of drama to the contemporary scene. They are like slices of grand opera. The stories…
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Maurice Arlos Fine Art
Maurice Arlos Fine Art: Press Release 2002
NEW YORK – Maurice Arlos Fine Art is proud to present a series of drawings and monumental paintings by Younghee Choi Martin, March 25th - April 28…
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Hayden Herrer
Hayden Herrera, 2002 Quote
Younghee Choi Martin’s canvases are full of energy. Her drawings combine an old master intelligence and a contemporary ferocity. She draws on…
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Clara Weisahn
Art at Kings Oaks
Younghee Choi Martin was one of the first people we asked to take part in Art at Kings Oaks this year as she was unable to accept our invitation the…
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NY Art Beat
Younghee Choi Martin: Recent Paintings (2018)
Bowery present large narrative paintings by Younghee Choi Martin, who revisits Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy in a series of fiercely reworked…
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Addison Parks
Younghee Choi Martin: Unconscious!
Younghee was in my sophomore painting class at RISD. I had just transferred from Skidmore. It was a very interesting class with a lot of really…
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Joel Silverstein

Into Something Rich and Strange: Younghee Choi Martin and T.S. Eliot

A continuing problem for contemporary culture is the use of an employable past. This is particularly true of painting, where pressures have merged it…
Read Article titled "Joel Silverstein: Into Something Rich and Strange: Younghee Choi Martin and T.S. Eliot"
Martica Sawin

The Drawings of Younghee Choi Martin

Looking at Younghee Choi Martin’s pencil drawing The Sibyl of Cumae one is at first reminded of the angled lines and shifting tonal areas of a cubist…
Read Article titled "Martica Sawin: The Drawings of Younghee Choi Martin"
John Bradford

Arcadian Memory

I enjoy so much visiting Younghee’s studio. I feel very close to what she is doing and our conversations about paintings in progress are wonderfully…
Read Article titled "John Bradford: Arcadian Memory"
Carol Heft

On the Painting Titled Aftermath of an Ancient Battle

Above all, Younghee loves to paint. Her new body of work is earthy, textural, and full of movement. The artist’s brushstrokes create an undertone of…
Read Article titled "Carol Heft: On the Painting Titled Aftermath of an Ancient Battle"
Nicolas Carone

Younghee Choi Martin is a painter with a concept

Younghee Choi Martin is a painter with a concept. Her plastic philosophy has a dialectical premise which deals with conscious and unconscious imagery…
Read Article titled "Nicolas Carone: Younghee Choi Martin is a painter with a concept"
Louis Finkelstein

Two Generations of New York Women Painters

The dialogue between drawing and color is sustained, for example, by Younghee Choi Martin, one of the few artists painting complex figure…
Read Article titled "Louis Finkelstein: Two Generations of New York Women Painters"
Val Schaffner, Director Nabi Gallery

Slices of Grand Opera

The paintings of Younghee Choi Martin bring a refreshing frisson of drama to the contemporary scene. They are like slices of grand opera. The stories…
Read Article titled "Val Schaffner: Slices of Grand Opera"
Maurice Arlos Fine Art

Maurice Arlos Fine Art: Press Release 2002

NEW YORK – Maurice Arlos Fine Art is proud to present a series of drawings and monumental paintings by Younghee Choi Martin, March 25th - April 28…
Read Article titled "Maurice Arlos Fine Art: Press Release 2002"
Hayden Herrer

Hayden Herrera, 2002 Quote

Younghee Choi Martin’s canvases are full of energy. Her drawings combine an old master intelligence and a contemporary ferocity. She draws on…
Read Article titled "Hayden Herrera, 2002 Quote"
Clara Weisahn

Art at Kings Oaks

Younghee Choi Martin was one of the first people we asked to take part in Art at Kings Oaks this year as she was unable to accept our invitation the…
Read Article titled "Clara Weisahn: Art at Kings Oaks"
NY Art Beat

Younghee Choi Martin: Recent Paintings (2018)

Bowery present large narrative paintings by Younghee Choi Martin, who revisits Aeschylus’s Oresteia trilogy in a series of fiercely reworked…
Read Article titled "NY Art Beat: Younghee Choi Martin: Recent Paintings (2018)"
Addison Parks

Younghee Choi Martin: Unconscious!

Younghee was in my sophomore painting class at RISD. I had just transferred from Skidmore. It was a very interesting class with a lot of really…
Read Article titled "Addison Parks: Younghee Choi Martin: Unconscious!"

Younghee Choi Martin

Since the late 1970’s, Younghee Choi Martin has lived and worked in Chelsea, where she was one of the earliest artists to establish a painting studio. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has been awarded painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NY CAPS program.

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