Two Generations of New York Women Painters

Louis Finkelstein
Ganga (1999, oil on linen, 36" x 42")

The dialogue between drawing and color is sustained, for example, by Younghee Choi Martin, one of the few artists painting complex figure compositions. She simplifies the figures in terms of rhythm and shape so that they interlock with the background into a massive play of forms on the surface and in depth.

—An excerpt from “Two Generations of New York Women Painters”

© Louis Finkelstein 2000

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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