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 | | Kim Tschang-Yeul is one of the most widely loved Korean artists known internationally for his “Water Drop" paintings. Kim Tschang-Yeul's water drops have been analyzed in light of various contrasting themes such as composition and abstraction, presentation and concept, East and West, providing an abundance of interpretive possibilities. A major retrospective of his work was held at the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, between November 3, 2012, and January 20, 2013, covering his 60-year long life as an artist and his 40 years of painting water drops. Water drops first appeared in Kim Tschang-Yeul's painting in the early 1970s. It is true, and yet these water drops experienced many transformations over time. Are they transformation within continuity, or else continuity in the course of transformations? First of all, let us take note of the diversity of Kim's water drops and their forms. They are gathered in bunches, like grapes, or set obliquely, lit from one side of the canvas. And according to the supposed angle of the light source, a shadow stretches from one side of the water drop, generating a sense of speed.. |
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Like a Hopeful Spring Day Bog-gi Kim
SPECIAL ARTIST
Kim Tschang-Yeul
1 From Plane to Surface Oh Kwang-su
2 The Place of the Other Pierre Restany
3 Between the Idea and the Material Lee Ufan
IMAGE LINK
Hasisi Park
WHO WE MET
Jesse Jones Soo-young Kim
FEATURE
Kuandu Biennale 2012
Artist in Wonderland Editorial Department
CURATOR'S VOICE
Changwon Sculpture Biennale
Dreaming Sculpture Seo Seong-Rok
EMERGENT ARTIST
Prandeep Kalita_Lee Jeong Woong_Oh Seung Yul
REVIEW
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2 Yoo, Geun Taek: Restoration through Nature Robert C. Morgan
3 Yeul Lee: Depicting the Earthy Sublime Richard Vine
4 Shinro Ohtake: A Hoarder's 'Image Clock' Kim Jeong Bok
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| |  |  | | | Kim Tschang-Yeul is one of the most widely loved Korean artists known internationally for his “Water Drop" paintings. Viewers have marveled at Kim's water drops painted on a canvas, which raise the impulse to touch them in order to define whether they are real or illusions. Kim Tschang-Yeul's water drops have been analyzed in light of various contrasting themes such as composition and abstraction, presentation and concept, East and West, providing an abundance of interpretive possibilities. More.. |  |  | | | Tony Oursler‘s first solo show in Korea was held at 313 Gallery, Seoul, from November 7 through December 8. There were many new artworks that combined large installations, videos, paintings, sculptures, as well as film. Since the 1980s, Tony Oursler has explored the experimental format of video, and is now know as a leader among second-generation video artists. Oursler humorously addresses the complexity of human relations and the psychology of contemporary life dominated by the media. More.. |  |  | | | Depression in the art market that started in early 1990s took 14 years of time to be recovered. However, art market’s recovering speed is very fast. Short term investment in contemporary art is on the rise. In this age influenced by internationalization and neo-liberalism, geography of world art market is in inevitable relation with artist power of each country. art in ASIA analyzed contemporary art market in view of auction results and art fair trends regarding the streams of world economy in the 21st century. More.. |
| |  |  | | | Curator Enrico Lunghi of MUDAM was formerly the curator at Casino Luxemburg. He is a "warrior" who is devoted to introducing the art of Luxemburg to the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is leading the entire art sector of Luxemburg. For instance in the recent solo show of Sanja Ivekovi?, he took off his clothes and participated in one of Ivekovi?'s performance himself. I asked him about the operation of MUDAM and his opinion, as a curator, of the art scenes of Luxemburg and South Korea. More.. |  |  | | | The Chinese modern artworks that are on display at Arario Gallery and ArKo Art Center are mostly made from around 2010, and they share in common one characteristic in that they avoid a certain stream of the typical, like exaggerated looks and poses, conspicuous colors, pop-art-like attractiveness or cynical realism with an unfamiliar feeling that stood out in the Chinese art scene after 1990. Though these former trends gave simple and intense impression, those were not enough to convey the cultural competence of the country, which has a long history and vast regions. More.. |  |  | | | IThe Kochi-Muziris Biennale made its debut on December 12, 2012 in Kochi, Kerala and is the largest international contemporary art event to ever take place in India. The Biennale was co-curated by two Bombay-based artists, Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu. More.. |
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