THE
CONTEMPORARY YOUNG KOREAN
METAL
ARTS INVITATIONAL
3-YEAR
TRAVELING EXHIBITION THROUGH AMERICA, CANADA & KOREA
KOMELIA
HONGJA OKIM
Coordinator
& Curator
OPENED FEBRUARY 1998 IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
NAMES OF THE INVITED ARTISTS
FROM KOREA
YONG
JIN CHUNG
YOUN
SHIK CHUNG
MEE
YEON JANG
YOUNG
KWAN JUNG
JUNG-HOO
KIM
MI-YOUN
KIM
YOUNG-OCK
KIM
MYUN
JIN KO
SEUNG
GEUN KO
HYE
WON LEE
HYUNG
KYU LEE
MYUNG-JOO
LEE
SANG
HAK LEE
WHA
KYUNG NAM
KYUNG
JOO NOH
YEUN-HEE
RYU
MIRA
CHOI TYSON
FROM CANADA
KYE-YEON SON
FROM AMERICA
EUN-MEE
CHUNG
MI
HWA OH
KIWON
WANG
Invited Artists' Works & Statements
EUN-MEE CHUNG SOTTAE 97-05 (brooch)
2H x 3W x 3/16D inches 24/18k gold, sterling silver, bark
"Mountains
in Korea are beautiful in their shapes and depth.
I
tried to express their endless mysterious and fearful feelings through
my
'mountain
series' brooches using sterling silver and bark."
YONG
JIN CHUNG TILE-MAKING (brooch,
earrings)
1卦H
x 1取W x 卦D; 1H x 取W x 卹D inches 18k gold, diamond
"When
I look around me, I often fix my eyes upon things
that
are familiar. By employing my understanding of some traditional linear
qualities
here, I hope to make my viewers recall a certain comfort of the familiar
things
around
them. Thereby the subtle rhythm of my art work is ultimately realized."
YOUN SHIK CHUNG JEONGNUNG #2 (brooch)
2 3/16H x 2受W x 卦D; 2H x 4卦W x 卦D inches mixed media
"I
apply my life to my art work. I perceive and consider newly everything
that
passes
by me, and I express it through my work. The brooches I created are the
images
of Jeongnung, my living area which I contact every day."
MEE YEON JANG RESTING PLACE (brooch)
2H x 2W x 卹D inches sterling silver, gold foil, glass
"Through
ordeals that broke and shattered me, I became smaller each day.
So
I embraced life with love and created another me, which enabled me to see
the world with
open
eyes, to understand, and to share the joy. My works reflect my life in
this respect."
YOUNG KWAN JUNG A FEELING OF NOSTALGIA (container)
14H x 7取W x 6D inches sterling silver
"Nostalgia....
Nostalgia overtakes me sometimes like a faint breeze, stays with me
for
a moment, and leaves.... There is no longing for the things left behind
or
passed
by.... Today, too, I try to fill my longing here...."
JUNG-HOO KIM THE RICE FIELD I (brooch)
2卹H x 3叔W x 取D inches sterling silver, gold foil, jade
"I
have thought about the unique relationship between the Korean character
and
the
Korean environment since I created my 'humnan being series' in 1990. I
wanted to
express
the character of Koreans that has been formed by their environment in which
they have
lived
together with nature, farmed and obeyed nature, or played hopscotch in
their childhood."
MI-YOUN KIM INNERMOST THOUGHTS (brooch)
3H x 2叔W x 5/16D inches silver, cloisonne enamel on copper
"I
express different shapes and feelings of the human mind in an abstract
way
using
the cloisonn'e method of enameling. Old memories, present feelings,
and hopes
are
melted and shown in the lines and colors of the enameling."
