Original artwork description:

Koryo-Saram’ is the collective name given to the members of the Korean diaspora that lived (and still live) in the former USSR. ‘Koryo’ is a historical name for the Korean peninsula, and ‘Saram’ means ‘people’.
Hence, ‘Koryo-Saram’ = ‘Korean people’.
Marina Ogai is a Koryo Saram (also known as Goryeoin or Koryoin), one of the descendants of Koreans who emigrated by and large from the northern part of the Korean Peninsula to eastern Russia between the late 19th and the early 20th century. In 1937, such ethnic Koreans were forcibly relocated by the Stalin regime en masse to present-day Central Asia.
That is why the theme of her work is korean woman in all his beauty. The main idea behind Marina's paintings is to show asian woman inner beauty.

Materials used:

Oil

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