Open vase 0219

CHEON wooseon’s Open Vase 0219 is created with repetition of lines. Lines are both the decorative element and direct element that determines and constitutes form. A line as a unit is incomplete, but the repetition of lines forms a plane, and the planes envelop certain space to create a new form. The artist focuses on the gaps between the lines. The gaps do not divide spaces but allow the inside and outside to communicate with one another. Visually, the inside and outside are distinguished, but they merely define the form, and the distinction is nullified by the gaps. Therefore, the work exists in a space, and the space is also contained in the lines, which gives the manner in which the work occupies space a special significance. The process in which the artist creates his work is not simply a process of creating a three-dimensional structure, but more a way of depicting the space with lines. The work is in the shape of a vessel that could contain something, but it does not fully function as a vessel as it is composed of thin lines. This symbolizes something beyond the essential concept of craft, which is a combination of practicality and beauty. The work conveys abstract thoughts on existence and non-existence. Shaped like a vessel, but containing nothing; due to the gaps, it serves not as a vessel but a space for emptying. It is an object fulfilled by emptying.