Dabin Ahn Balances Hope and Melancholy in His Sculptural Paintings
A trio of small pottery shards, two painted on linen and one terracotta, nest inside a walnut frame for Dabin Ahn’s “Circle of Life.” Displayed on brass dowels, these fragments depict various stages of vitality, whether a faintly speckled butterfly or a candle snuffed out, leaving a thin wisp of smoke trailing onto the canvas….