Tangled Tales : Tinlark Gallery : Los Angeles, CA

Saelee Oh’s “Tangled Tales” is a collection of paintings and sculptural explorations of the sorrows and hopes brought on by love. Oh invents rich imaginary worlds ruled by mythic creatures and flora, as experienced from the eyes of a female protagonist. Each piece is a whimsical vignette– the adventures of a magic ghost cat, a subterranean rendezvous, and a bundle of letters delivered via moth– fanciful, romantic, but also complex in emotion. Inspired by folk arts, organic forms, and vintage children’s books, Saelee Oh creates multi-layered works by integrating traditional painting and drawing with three-dimensional paper cut-outs.