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The ideal world in the forest (Go to the forest
of Nietzsche)
From the beginning, human beings have existed in a form where people
with diverse selves to form a community. The main character of each life is
oneself, but as a member of the community, it is difficult for each individual
to become a main character or a man in power. There are such persons who
obviously play central roles, and the society is organized and operated based
on him/her and most people aspire to be in the center. And while investing a
lot of time and effort to accomplish this position, we ignore what we really
need to pursue. The absence of an opportunity to look at oneself leads to the
disappearance of a complete figure of oneself. The artist, Sujeong Kim looks back whether if she is seeking only power and
authority from the outside world or not through her works.
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche classifies humans as the last men
and the supermen (Übermensch). The former is just those who are satisfied with
the life given to them, and the latter is those who try to live a life that
pursues the better without resting on the reality. As harmoniousness is
important in all things, when two forms of life coexist, the ideal world is
established. The artist, who wants to think about ways to live a better life,
tried to find out what is the ideal world, and this concept leads to her recent
paintings. The ordinary person, who does not have the power, has the desire to get
it, but she questioned whether such a life is the ideal for her. And she
focuses on the inside of mind and searches the image in the painting little by
little.
The forest is an ordinary natural space, but it comes as a medium to
evoke the ideal world that has been latent for her. The forest is like a set of
communities of people and gives a feeling of representing our world. But if
there is a big difference between our lives and forests, it would be the
absence of the protagonist. In a forest that grows wild by itself and
harmoniously with the surrounding creatures, there is no conflict and struggle
for power, and anyone can become a subject or an object. It resembles the ideal
world where she dreams.
When expressing the enlightenment obtained from the ecology of nature,
she tries to minimize her control in the work. In keeping with the flow of
consciousness, she concentrates on the movement of the hands and makes
unconstrained shapes composed of different figures and colors. Brilliant colors
and unstructured brush strokes bring more untamed primitive moods and come
closer than images imbued with thorough calculations. In this way, she conveys
her thoughts and emotions to us through the way of spreading the energy of each
creature rather than the detailed forms in the painting. The encounter with the
inner world by looking at the hidden emotions along with the time of
self-reflection can be strange and confusing. Through her paintings, I hope
that it would lead to think about what is missing in our life and what is
important for a better life, and hope that we can take a step closer to
individual's ideals. (Written by curator Jung Yoon Kim)
