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A Strange Scene
Kim Jung Heun1999/1999
REAL DMZ PROJECT
Seoul, South Korea
Since the 1980s, Kim Jung Heun has adopted the forms of advertisement, poster and television to create witty works critical of the popular culture and society. A Strange Scene (1999) is a painting of an otherized view, where the two flags of the divided Korea are raised in the DMZ, a symbol of the division. On top of it, Kim collages onomatopoeia and mimetic words from cartoons in order to render the view even more bizarre. It is a very strange landscape, far from our daily lives. The hostile standoff between the North and the South is surrounded by unknown, dismal air.
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Details
- Title: A Strange Scene
- Creator: Kim Jung Heun
- Date Created: 1999/1999
- Physical Dimensions: 162x131cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Acrylic on canvas
- 작가 정보: Kim Jung Heun (b. 1946, Pyeong-yang) graduated from Seoul National University College of Fine Arts and worked as a middle and high school art teacher for 10 years. He was also professor of art education at Kongju National University for 30 years. He has been a chairman at Arts Council Korea and Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and now works as the chairman of 416 Foundation. From his first solo exhibition in 1977 to the most recent in 2016 held at Art Space Pool, Paintings of Thoughts, Thoughts of Paintings, he has held over seven solo exhibitions and participated in dozens of group exhibitions including the inaugural exhibition of “Reality and Utterance.” His works can be viewed at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and Seoul Museum of Art.
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