Artist Kang In Joo ［The Sounds 22th Exhibition］

The energy to the life delivered by energy of nature
The ‘nature’delivered by painter, Kang is similar with his life actually. He, who prepared the place of life and painting work on the patch of beautiful mountain in Nakdong river, speaks the life with perception of vitality and truth through the entire body and transferring into the canvas.

His sight facing the nature is straight and touch is sensitive. The trees standing on the land and the passing wind is just passing through him only. He keeps his sight on the old trees endured throughout the times and the wild flowers bloomed as if stayed in the remote site.

His comment on the artwork in combination of many flower drawings, ‘LOVE’ While I was lying on the slope of sunlight during climbing high mountain in early spring, when I took a look to the side, a small red wild flower said, ‘Why you came so late, I have waited for you so long time in the coldness, why you are so late.’ I created a form on it on the canvas with sorry and admiration.

His working method delivers the meaning of the nature (life) wider and deeper. He uses the knife instead of brush. “I felt the admiration like thrilling from the line of the light splashed on to the bough of trees which was glimpsed during climbing in high mountain, the frost made on the grass in deep winter and the line of the rain dropped on the street lamp. I thought the knife is better to approach to the real nature.”

His knife is more delicate and precise than brush. Unique and natural touch is outstanding. The overlapped matiere radiates the material nature and depth of life. He approaches to the artwork with sharp knife as if arranging the up and down in the life. “Knife was my destiny and the canvas is my love and the knife and canvas are my tears and life.”(From the artist’s note)

The ‘nature’ described by him creates energy changing the things and the human mind as it is netted from the depth of life. He, trod the stubborn independent road with the theme of ‘nature’ delivers the deep taste of the matured emotion brought forth from the long time of endurance.

                             Exhibit hall : kyengin art Gallery in Seoul
                             Exhibit term : 2013.4.17 wed ~ 4.23 tue.
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