KRISTEN LIU-WONG “HARDPRESSED”
ON VIEW AT COREY HELFORD GALLERY
September 17 – October 22, 2022
“Hard Pressed is an exploration of the internal and external pressures that we have to contend with every day. Worry and strife are a part of the human condition and unfortunately over the past couple of years, it has become an ever-expanding constant in almost everyone’s life as disease, social discord, war, and environmental issues threaten to overwhelm us all. Pressures can also be interpreted as human impulses, forces in our very own nature, that inherently influence and sway us.”
Downtown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery (CHG) is proud to announce their next major solo show Hard Pressed, featuring new works from Los Angeles-based artist Kristen Liu-Wong. Set to premiere September 17th in Gallery 2, the show will be on view through October 22nd.
Liu-Wong’s work blends everyday occurrences from her life with abstracted nightmares and crude humor. Trained as an illustrator, she tries to tell a story with every piece she makes, developing a personal and slightly sinister narrative within each painting. Using vibrant colors, heavy patterning, and tight compositions, the work draws inspiration from a variety of sources including but not limited to American folk art, the cartoons she watched as a kid, Shunga (Japanese term for erotic art), and her appreciation for architecture. She is always striving to make work that is highly personal but altered enough to allow individual interpretations to be applied to every story she paints.