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Artist Jang Pa’s Paintings on Otherized Senses
Jang Pa (b. 1981) focuses on otherized senses within the realm of painting from a feminist perspective, questioning the gender-biased construction of visual language. Drawing from personal experiences of the absurd and violent dichotomy between socially constructed "normality" and "abnormality," she recontextualizes these ideas through her own unique painterly language.
2025.02.18
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Kim Tschoon-su’s Blue Paintings: A Journey into the Nature of Painting
Kim Tschoon-su (b. 1957), a leading figure in the ‘Post-Dansaekhwa’ group and the artist of ‘Ultra Marine’, has attracted attention for his unique finger painting technique, in which he wears thin gloves instead of brushes, and uses paint on his palms and fingers to ‘touch’ the canvas to build up thin layers of color.
2024.07.30
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Artist Kiwon Park Reinterprets the Essence of Space
Kiwon Park (b. 1964) is an artist who has pioneered new horizons in Korean contemporary installation art by crossing genre boundaries and developing a distinctive body of work that refuses to conform to the times. His work is known for large-scale installations that reinterpret space using a variety of materials, including wire, transparent vinyl, air tubes, plastic mirrors, and oil-painted sheets.
2024.09.03