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관리자 2020-09-05 11:07
Born in 1979 in Busan, South Korea
Lives in Busan
BAE Jimin, Gwangan Bridge jct.-break up between U&I, 2006, SUMUK and white powder on Hanji paper, 290×860cm
BAE’s cityscapes are poetic and visually sophisticated, but at the same time they are scary because they remind us of the loneliness and melancholy that one may feel from time to time living in a contemporary modern city. The modern city’s chaos and calmness is the subject of BAE Jimin’s 2019 series Walking ocean, in which the static meets the dynamic in shades of black and white and the occasional subtle touch of blue, or a sparkle of light yellow and red from a car’s taillight. Even though the works might be considered traditional, the emotions of solitude that the paintings evoke are universal and could be experienced in any large city or urban environment. By using an old technique to portray contemporary landscape, BAE Jimin’s style generates a new vision of traditional Korean material and painting.