| Unfamiliar coexistence between the open ocean and isolated city_Jo Yeong-Dong | |
| Unfamiliar coexistence between the open ocean and isolated city - Written by Prof. Jo Yeong-Dong Mr. Im was born in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province, a cozy and naive village between Gongju and Nonsan, and he grew up filled with love from his parents. The relationship with him began when I visited his family when he was a student at the Gongju National University of Education. He learned how to live in the world from his strict, charismatic, and patriotic father and generous and erudite mother. It is more of a human relationship rather than a student-teacher relationship, and we developed the social relationship through the meeting of the Western painting group of “Grill Assembly”. With his clear and transparent personality, he liked making friends. The extraordinary affection in interpersonal relationships is closely related to the atmosphere at home. I believe that his experience over seventy years of age is the fruit of his pursuit of a peaceful life and art through his own efforts to solve his own agony and conflicts. The place of serenity is not so easy. While sincerity is the purpose to ultimately reveal the value of reason, goodness is the practice of the action of virtue to others and the response of the spiritual light to see new beauty. Serenity refers to pure eyes that can always look at the true face of an ever-changing object. So, in reality, new insights and formations are shaped into a new perspective that discerns the original order and principle. It is a progressive type that is caught by the “eyes” of the process of returning to the authentic “eyes” and adjusting the balance. It shows that Seongcheol, a noble Buddhist monk who reached nirvana, is not in a state of restful serenity, as he said, “Water is water, mountains are mountains.“ The point where the mountain returns to the mountain and the water returns to the water is a sign of the control of the naturalization of the unconscious nature, which roamed for a long time. Pine trees represent Korea’s sentiment that continues through the four seasons, following its deep labor, anguish, and ups and downs, as if they were portrayed as a tall and exuberant pine tree. The pine tree shown by the “Sehando” of Chusa, Korean Artist Kim Jeong-hi, expressed the restrained inner soul in its body shape, enduring many difficulties and hardships in the world. Yeongsong-si (lyric poems) of Yi Toegye, Songjuk (pine trees and bamboo trees) of Yun Seon-do, and pine trees of Minhwa consists of traditional Korean dance and gestures that stand solemnly but contain joy and happiness. However, I guess the good spirit stored inside it leads to constant change. Mr Im’s use of pine trees in his artworks has been around for 40 years. In the exhibition of 1985, I wrote, “(Omitted) Especially Im Young-Woo’s painting life is shaped into a lyric which is filled with the bitter cold and extreme loneliness. (Omitted) The lyrical melody filled with coldness without a complaint reveals the hidden tension. (Omitted)” Pine trees and antique tile-roofed houses with a cozy and warm atmosphere appeared in the works, and they were expressed in the life of the artist. That is why Korean sentiment is well expressed in his art. New days and new spaces that always have to be found exist like new sunshine. Im Young-Woo now has a different view of the world, deepening his composure with a clear and transparent mind. He is consolidating a humble place to all the neighbors and the world while drawing a series of touching pictures. *Professor Jo Yeong-Dong, a Western painter He was born in 1933 in Chungcheongbuk Province and graduated from Seoul National University. He was a professor at Gongju National University of Education, an invited professor at Houston Art University, USA and a professor at Sungshin Women’s University. He has more than 1,000 works, some of which are found in the National Gallery and the Vatican. He is currently spending the rest of his life in Gangneung. |
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