| 2018-04-17 | English | 신홍직작가 평론_Exquisite Harmony of Passionate Touch and Pure Color |
| Exquisite Harmony of Passionate Touch and Pure Color Shin, Hang Seop Art Critic Oil painting has its own color and feel. Most of all, in the earnest color image, there is voluptuousness, generosity and depth felt. Maybe, the paintings of the impressionist art shows the oil painting몶s beauty of color, wholeheartedly. Van Gogh몶s work still impresses people with its beauty of crystal clear oil painting, like shimmering jewelry. Has there been an example of extreme showing of the beauty of oil painting through combination of pure color, like impressionist paintings, before? Shin Hong Jik몶s recent works recreate the beauty of pure color pursued by the impressionists. The beauty of pure color is dramatically depicted. The recent works are filled with brilliant pure colors, shinning like jewelry, as if mesmerizing by the pure color paints. Because they are combination of different colors, it is somewhat colorful, but never difficult. It jusst reminds us how beautiful oil paints are. His paintings, using pure colors, have vivid energy. The energy can be also defined as wavelength and light of life. Therefore, strong visual stimulation created by combination of pure colors induce elevation of feeling. Pure color of the paints include such strong energy of life. Vividness radiated from his works is not because of the pure color. Differing colors harmonize, not contradicting with each other, and stimulate eyesights and create the feeling of delight. Wavelength that is released by the light of life is reminded by strong and colorful image. Liveliness of his paintings are vivacious, lighthearted and transparent. Color몶s true value is shown through bright and clear light. Painting of pure color has stronger energy when reflected by bright color. Because, aesthetic sense responds to visual stimulus. Especially, visual stimulation by color results in sensitive response, instantly. Strong impression by pictures using pure paints is natural thing, because artificial paints have higher freshness than natural colors. The reason he is widely using paints of pure color is originated from a desire to reveal one몶s expression and feeling through fresh colors. The expression of feeling is from a high artistic goal. In other words, to express artistic beauty that he dreams actively and frankly, he deems primary color is most effective. In his works, there is some sort of aesthetic pleasure that satisfies suppressed, potential desire. Or, they relieve a feeling of suppression. Pure color is most effective for direct expression of feeling. The energy, released from paints with high freshness encourages elevation of feeling. Elevation of feeling is the best prize that paintings can give us. It provides us with joy, energy and happiness, elevating such feeling, by simply watching it. Moreover, the primary colors have strong, dynamic image. Like a tornado is blowing, furious brush and speedy knife touch combine to make vivid visual image. The strong and visual image is created by pure color and hectic movement of brush. When you face the painting, you are caught by visual pressure that delivers the energy of gaudy color and energetic gesture of brush. His recent works, in which lines are dancing and primary colors are responding to them, are gift of passion. The touch with speediness is a work of long-trained, elaborate description of shape. Unless having learned elaborate description and accurate sense of proportion, one cannot execute speedy stroke. Figure painting that shows concrete beauty of shape supports his skill in drawing. Figure painting, which is based on accurate proportion, is originating from skilled drawing of human body. Likewise, if the ability to depict shapes, which is trained by drawing of human body, meets speediness, its power is doubled. As can be seen from his works, a touch that maintains consistent speed, as if it finished the drawing in a stroke, is a result of trained artistic sense. The speedy stroke is a continuation of previous works. In the past, he showed energetically responding stroke. More speedy, lively and nimble feeling of the strokes in his recent works is because combination with primary colors. Also, it is because he uses knife more than brush. Why does he feel the charm of expression of pure color and knife? There must be some motivation when a painter몶s works are changed, and in his case, a trip to Europe was the one. Archaic old towns in Europe, and people몶s daily lives had optimistic and romantic feelings. Most of all, in old constructions that had geometrical beauty, as well as regular apartments, he found the beauty of direct lines and flat structure. To depict such exotic environment, strong primary color and knife are more effective. To use knife, the paint from tube itself, or pure color, is used, and he deemed pure color was most proper to show the romantic feeling of foreign countries. Primary color is quite different from old cities of Europe, but in artistic expression, it can be understood. In his paintings, it is different from the European image that we have seen with our eyes, but we feel it corresponds with the romantic image of Europe. His recent works are not only an outcome of painter, but also an amazing revelations of wonder of life as a natural person. In other words, positive view involved such vivacious primary color and nimble touch. Deep feeling of primary color reveals the feeling of joy from inside. Especially the strong simple and coarse and rough knife touch is a direct expression of the beauty of life. His works, in which there is no vagueness or ambiguity, has strong visual appeal. It is natural to sense energy of life from his paintings. |
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