With a single brush, artist Park Dae Sung portrays his subjects by effortlessly fusing the aesthetics of East and West. Park was born in 1945, the official end of both the Japanese colonization of Korea and WWII. In 1950, during the Korean War, his parents were killed by Communist soldiers, and he found solace in painting. Self-taught, Park has spent time in China, walked the Silk Road, and searched for the meaning of hanja (Chinese characters), the aesthetic foundation of his calligraphy and paintings. This intimate exhibition invites the viewer to really see the brushstrokes and compositions of Park's large-scale compositions up close. See it at LACMA through December 11.