Mary Hong's Dream Catcher III

A near-perfect square of restrained drama, Mary Hong's Dream Catcher III arrives in a silvered, vitreous finish that catches light with the quiet authority of still water. The wood-framed canvas, protected beneath tempered glass, reads as both object and aperture — something to be looked at and, equally, through. At just over twenty-five inches in each direction, its presence is concentrated rather than grand, the depth of two inches lending it the dimensionality of sculpture. Silver leaf grounds the composition in a finish that is at once ancient and resolutely contemporary.