In Search of True Happiness in Life
Travel Sketching by Artist Kim Hae-sung By Kang “Jennis” Hyunsuk Kim Hae-sung was born and raised in Gwangju and is known as a watercolor artist. Whenever I go to see … Read More
Category: People in the Arts
Painting What Talks to Him – The Master of Ink, Kim Ho-suk
By Kang “Jennis” Hyunsuk In this article for People in the Arts, I introduce Kim Ho-suk, who is having an invitational exhibition at the Gwangju Museum of Art throughout the … Read More
Singing of the Abode of the Wind – Artist Kim Kyung-joo
In this installment of People in the Arts, we meet artist Kim Kyung-joo, who founded the Gwangju-Jeonnam Art Community and was a participant in the minjung art movement with woodblock prints and ink paintings. What follows is the interview that I recently had with Mr. Kim.
Chronicling the Pain of the Times: Artist Heo Dal-yong
Heo Dal-yong was born into the Heo family, which was continuing the line of the painting referred to as namhwa (남화). Namhwa is a style of painting that originated in China. It is also called “literary painting” because this style was mainly painted by Confucian scholars rather than by professional artists.
Stepping into the Paintings of Artist Lim Nam-jin
Lim Nam-jin is a painter who gives us subject matter to ponder, and her paintings give us a space to step into.