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JI SEOK CHEOL
 겨울, 아침, 흐림(Winter, Morning, Cloudy)2012, oil on canvas, 92.6x115cm |  부재(Nonexistence)2012, Oil on canvas, 62.5x78.7cm, |
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 시간, 기억 그리고 존재 (Time, Memory and Existence)2011, Oil on canvas, 120x54cm |  지석철 부재2012내용을 입력하세요. |
Education
Hongik University College of Fine Arts, Department of Western Painting
Hongik University, Graduate School of Fine Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Sofis Gallery, Seoul
2017 Soul Art Space, Busan
2012 rhogallery, Seoul
2011 LEE Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2002 Inhwarang, Seoul
1999 Nohwa Gallery, Seoul
1998 Samsung Plaza Gallery, Bundang
1997 Ninth Gate, Chosun Hotel, Seoul
1994 Girim Gallery, Daegu
1992 Nine Gallery, Seoul
1987 Grolich Gallery, Seoul
1981 Tamura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Awards
1978 The 1st Central Art Exhibition 'Honorable Mention'
1983 'Seoknam Art Prize' at the 3rd Korean Art Critics Association
1992 Grand Prize at the 8th Seoul International Printmaking Biennale
Artist's notes
The proposition that chair and absence serve as metaphor for the existence of human beings, and the paradoxical notion of existence, the memories and importance, meeting and separation, the overwhelming solitude arising from existence, the dream of hopeful messages, and the compassion for the traces of the past years… As such, my chair wished to be taken as representation of an existence “that could possibly be anything else.” This is not irrespective of my creative impulse to share my emotional sensibility. Arthur C. Danto asserted that “Meaning must be physically implemented in an artwork and it is through interpretation that objects change into artworks.” With respect to the reproduction of paintings, it was my belief that the delicate and meticulous depiction, using one’s eyes and hand, was merely the beginning, and the significance of the ‘reproduction’ depended on how the work was adapted and produced based on the personal perspective of the target work and image. The stories relating to objects and images are presented concisely through the power of subtle monotone, while the strange combinations lead to the discovery of value in existence. This is the revelation of a significant moment, which stops us amid the wheel of life and represents my heartfelt and desperate gesture.