The Miner Artist, Hwang Jae-hyung: Mining for Truth
“Art is an intermittent cough that shares the pain of others, and it is the talk of pain.”
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Choi Soon-im: Borderless Traveler in the Arts
“I thought that the process of sculpting was much like life itself: A creature can come out into this world only after breaking through the hard outer shell.”
Lee Min and His Pan-tablo Printmaking Technique
Lee Min majored in fine art at Chosun University and moved to Japan to major in printmaking at Dama University. Through the experimental process with various printmaking techniques, Lee pioneered a new genre of printmaking which he calls “Pan-tablo.”
Media Art: A Universal Language Spoken by Artist Park Sang-hwa
In 2014, UNESCO selected Gwangju as a “creative city” for media art. Media Artist, Park Sang-hwa
For this month, we interviewed one of the first-generation media artists who has long pioneered the path for media art. I visited the studio of artist Park Sang-hwa.
Choi Tae-ok: International Award-winning Designer from Gwangju
As one of Gwangju’s prominent international art events, the Gwangju Design Biennale proudly showcases designs from Gwangju artists. One of this year’s Biennale highlights are designs from Choi Tae-ok.
Living to Dye: Indigo Master, Jung Kwan-chae
This month we feature and interview Korea’s only living human cultural asset for fabric dyeing, National Intangible Cultural Asset No. 115, Jung Kwan-chae (정관채). Master Jung’s ancestors long ago settled in Dasi-myeon, a rural area within the Naju city limits south of Gwangju.
Suamgol Village: The Warmth of Cheongju
Suamgol (수암골) Village, an old settlement in Cheongju City, has been revived as a community of culture and art.
Beeswax, Plum Blossoms, and Tea: The Works and Ways of Artist Kim Chang-deok
Artist Kim Chang-deok (김창덕), who goes by his artistic name Da-eum (다음), spends most of his time in his studio preparing for an upcoming exhibition about him, plum blossoms, beeswax, and tea.