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Book Introduction
The story of deceased artists who are revived after 10 years of being out of print.
If you've ever wondered, "Is this all there is to life?" amidst the peacefulness of daily life and the small moments of laughter, you'll find it hard to resist the allure of this book.
Because the stories of genius painters who 'had no choice but to paint' despite the pain and suffering make our hearts beat as we glimpse a different way of life.
When we think of geniuses who died young, we usually think of foreign painters like Van Gogh or Modigliani, but all the painters introduced in this book are Korean painters.
From Yun Du-seo of the Joseon Dynasty, to Ryu In (柳仁), whose death many still remember...
They are all people who, in one way or another, experienced conflict with their surroundings, the times, and fate, and who sustained their lives by madly immersing themselves in painting, but paradoxically, met an early death because of it.
I found myself nodding in agreement with the decisive statement at the end of the introduction: 'Cursed life, but blessed artist, only art will save them.'
The author avoids chronological order and divides the artists according to subject matter.
For example, Lee Jung-seop and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, are grouped together; Na Hye-seok and Choi Wook-kyung, who had to endure additional hardships because they were women; and Yun Du-seo, Oh Yoon, and Ryu In, who had strong conflicts with the times, are grouped together.
Although they are grouped under the same theme, it would be interesting to see how they expressed it in their own way.
The overall poem-like, beautiful sentences and vivid descriptions, as if they had been by their side their entire lives, add to the emotion of the writing.
While the abundance of illustrations and related materials are welcome, the in-depth analysis of each work, connecting it to the artist's life and deciphering its meaning, adds to the enjoyment of reading.
If you've ever wondered, "Is this all there is to life?" amidst the peacefulness of daily life and the small moments of laughter, you'll find it hard to resist the allure of this book.
Because the stories of genius painters who 'had no choice but to paint' despite the pain and suffering make our hearts beat as we glimpse a different way of life.
When we think of geniuses who died young, we usually think of foreign painters like Van Gogh or Modigliani, but all the painters introduced in this book are Korean painters.
From Yun Du-seo of the Joseon Dynasty, to Ryu In (柳仁), whose death many still remember...
They are all people who, in one way or another, experienced conflict with their surroundings, the times, and fate, and who sustained their lives by madly immersing themselves in painting, but paradoxically, met an early death because of it.
I found myself nodding in agreement with the decisive statement at the end of the introduction: 'Cursed life, but blessed artist, only art will save them.'
The author avoids chronological order and divides the artists according to subject matter.
For example, Lee Jung-seop and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, are grouped together; Na Hye-seok and Choi Wook-kyung, who had to endure additional hardships because they were women; and Yun Du-seo, Oh Yoon, and Ryu In, who had strong conflicts with the times, are grouped together.
Although they are grouped under the same theme, it would be interesting to see how they expressed it in their own way.
The overall poem-like, beautiful sentences and vivid descriptions, as if they had been by their side their entire lives, add to the emotion of the writing.
While the abundance of illustrations and related materials are welcome, the in-depth analysis of each work, connecting it to the artist's life and deciphering its meaning, adds to the enjoyment of reading.
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index
*Prologue - 'A Young Death, a Fiery Madman's Life'
1.
Destiny meets love
Self-indulgence engraved in silver paper_Lee Jung-seop
The Tree That Doesn't Grow in the Peacock City_Son Sang-gi
2.
In the name of a woman
The Eternal New Woman, the First Visionary_Na Hye-seok
The Color and Sound of the Underground Dweller_Choi Wook-kyung
3.
Reality is the master
Reality is the Master_Yoon Du-seo
Eternal Wilderness_Oh Yoon
Biopower and Resistance_Ryu In
4.
The poem was completed
The Open Pine Tree_Lee In-sang
The Paradox of Wind_Electricity
5.
What is Korean painting?
Beasts and Expressions_Koo Bon-woong
Local lyricism_Lee In-seong
Extraordinary Genius_Kim Jong-tae
*Epilogue - 'The Defeat of Modernism'
*References
1.
Destiny meets love
Self-indulgence engraved in silver paper_Lee Jung-seop
The Tree That Doesn't Grow in the Peacock City_Son Sang-gi
2.
In the name of a woman
The Eternal New Woman, the First Visionary_Na Hye-seok
The Color and Sound of the Underground Dweller_Choi Wook-kyung
3.
Reality is the master
Reality is the Master_Yoon Du-seo
Eternal Wilderness_Oh Yoon
Biopower and Resistance_Ryu In
4.
The poem was completed
The Open Pine Tree_Lee In-sang
The Paradox of Wind_Electricity
5.
What is Korean painting?
Beasts and Expressions_Koo Bon-woong
Local lyricism_Lee In-seong
Extraordinary Genius_Kim Jong-tae
*Epilogue - 'The Defeat of Modernism'
*References
Detailed image
Into the book
Damage machine.
A hunchbacked painter who was called the Korean Lautrec after Koo Bon-woong.
A person who considered the only thing he owned to be a 'terrible inferiority complex'.
'Protruding breastbone, back like a humped camel, height less than 5 feet.'
However, the painter refused to keep his physical disability as a mental disability for the rest of his life.
A person who faced the world with pride, paradoxically, because of his disability.
However, what could not be deceived was self-pity.
Inferiority complex divides and multiplies without any fatigue.
However, he masturbated and confirmed his own existence through the act of drawing.
The resolution of inferiority complex will be possible at the moment of life's end, that is, in a painful death.
A hunchbacked painter who was called the Korean Lautrec after Koo Bon-woong.
A person who considered the only thing he owned to be a 'terrible inferiority complex'.
'Protruding breastbone, back like a humped camel, height less than 5 feet.'
However, the painter refused to keep his physical disability as a mental disability for the rest of his life.
A person who faced the world with pride, paradoxically, because of his disability.
However, what could not be deceived was self-pity.
Inferiority complex divides and multiplies without any fatigue.
However, he masturbated and confirmed his own existence through the act of drawing.
The resolution of inferiority complex will be possible at the moment of life's end, that is, in a painful death.
--- From 'The Tree That Doesn't Grow in the City of Workers_Son Sang-gi'
She gazed in amazement at the confident self-declaration of Western women in Europe.
I realized the status of women as leading figures in society, leading equal and free lives and proudly leading society.
I was particularly impressed by the childcare system, which guarantees women's social advancement.
In Paris, where women's existential freedom overflowed, she abandoned the rural sentiment as if it were a curse.
I greedily enjoyed freedom and immersed myself in the stormy waves of freedom.
Fascinated by the passionate brushwork and lively atmosphere of the Fauves, he colored his own life with frantic brushstrokes.
She gazed in amazement at the confident self-declaration of Western women in Europe.
I realized the status of women as leading figures in society, leading equal and free lives and proudly leading society.
I was particularly impressed by the childcare system, which guarantees women's social advancement.
In Paris, where women's existential freedom overflowed, she abandoned the rural sentiment as if it were a curse.
I greedily enjoyed freedom and immersed myself in the stormy waves of freedom.
Fascinated by the passionate brushwork and lively atmosphere of the Fauves, he colored his own life with frantic brushstrokes.
I realized the status of women as leading figures in society, leading equal and free lives and proudly leading society.
I was particularly impressed by the childcare system, which guarantees women's social advancement.
In Paris, where women's existential freedom overflowed, she abandoned the rural sentiment as if it were a curse.
I greedily enjoyed freedom and immersed myself in the stormy waves of freedom.
Fascinated by the passionate brushwork and lively atmosphere of the Fauves, he colored his own life with frantic brushstrokes.
She gazed in amazement at the confident self-declaration of Western women in Europe.
I realized the status of women as leading figures in society, leading equal and free lives and proudly leading society.
I was particularly impressed by the childcare system, which guarantees women's social advancement.
In Paris, where women's existential freedom overflowed, she abandoned the rural sentiment as if it were a curse.
I greedily enjoyed freedom and immersed myself in the stormy waves of freedom.
Fascinated by the passionate brushwork and lively atmosphere of the Fauves, he colored his own life with frantic brushstrokes.
--- From 'The Eternal New Woman, the First Visionary_Na Hye-seok'
Contempt and insult toward oneself and society can sometimes be dangerous and irresponsible.
This is because it may have originated from a clumsy attack that has lost the clear object and goal of negation.
What is certain, however, is that he did not tolerate any social rules or institutions that suppressed the free human spirit.
And it is positive in that it gradually sublimates from a childish heroism into a concrete form.
He spoke with his hands, resisted society with his hands, and found the basis of his existence.
The consistent theme of his work, resistance to oppressive entities both tangible and intangible, was born from his fingertips.
Contempt and insult toward oneself and society can sometimes be dangerous and irresponsible.
This is because it may have originated from a clumsy attack that has lost the clear object and goal of negation.
What is certain, however, is that he did not tolerate any social rules or institutions that suppressed the free human spirit.
And it is positive in that it gradually sublimates from a childish heroism into a concrete form.
He spoke with his hands, resisted society with his hands, and found the basis of his existence.
The consistent theme of his work, resistance to oppressive entities both tangible and intangible, was born from his fingertips.
This is because it may have originated from a clumsy attack that has lost the clear object and goal of negation.
What is certain, however, is that he did not tolerate any social rules or institutions that suppressed the free human spirit.
And it is positive in that it gradually sublimates from a childish heroism into a concrete form.
He spoke with his hands, resisted society with his hands, and found the basis of his existence.
The consistent theme of his work, resistance to oppressive entities both tangible and intangible, was born from his fingertips.
Contempt and insult toward oneself and society can sometimes be dangerous and irresponsible.
This is because it may have originated from a clumsy attack that has lost the clear object and goal of negation.
What is certain, however, is that he did not tolerate any social rules or institutions that suppressed the free human spirit.
And it is positive in that it gradually sublimates from a childish heroism into a concrete form.
He spoke with his hands, resisted society with his hands, and found the basis of his existence.
The consistent theme of his work, resistance to oppressive entities both tangible and intangible, was born from his fingertips.
--- From 'Biopower and Resistance_Ryu In'
Publisher's Review
In youth, who could resist the temptation of premature death?
If you're feeling very miserable, let's just die on a Sunday.
Even if you come back then, I won't be alive anymore.
Your lady, have no fear.
Even though I may never see you again, my soul is with you.
As we fall in love again, the candles will burn brightly like hope.
My eyes may be wide open just to look at you.
- Jeon Hye-rin
'Premature death' refers to dying at a young age.
But can this simple sentence adequately explain this fateful word, 'premature death', which is quite shocking and passionate?
『Yojeol』 captures the fiery lives of genius painters.
People who lived with the weight and depth of a life that could never be called ordinary or happy, due to innate passion, incurable loneliness, madness and artistic spirit that they could not handle on their own, and a love that would be worth even death.
The twelve artists featured here were gifted with special abilities from the moment of their birth.
They challenged the established order and always dreamed of a new world.
He was at odds with the world and succumbed to fateful love.
So, although their lives were painful, the works of art and artistic spirit they left behind will surely shine forever.
The author of this book, as a scholar, is primarily a poet, but his themes of insight into humanity, nature, society, and history have always transcended the realms of language (poetry) and visual art (painting).
Although it may sometimes be called 'adventure', his deep interest and passionate passion for art, conveyed through his brilliant writing skills, always arouses admiration in readers.
He said that the numerous related materials he consulted while preparing this book provided him with endless joy.
The lives and art of deceased painters who dealt with subjects that were by no means pleasant gave him the great happiness of re-reading the hidden aspects of their lives.
Through the artists who died young featured in this book, we can glimpse the short lives they lived and the passionate works they produced.
Even if I console myself by saying that it was a life so beautiful that it was a work so wonderful that I could not create it even if I devoted my entire life to it, I cannot help but feel the regret and emptiness of my short life.
Twelve painters who died young, transcending time and organized by theme.
Above all, this book chose to classify authors by subject rather than following the flow of the times.
Lee Jung-seop and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, were grouped into one category, and Na Hye-seok and Choi Wook-kyung, who were female painters but active in different periods, were grouped into one category.
The period goes back to the late Joseon Dynasty and covers the lives of Yun Du-seo, Lee In-sang, and Jeon Gi.
In 'Fate Meets Love', Lee Jung-seob and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, were put into one category.
It deeply illuminates the lives of Lee Jung-seob, who met the fateful woman Masako at a time when he was receiving acclaim as 'Luo of the East' and ended up living a miserable life, and Son Sang-gi, who faced the world with pride in order to overcome his physical disability but was ultimately powerless in the face of love and suffered from an inferiority complex that could never be completely cured.
In "In the Name of Women," the film reveals the turbulent life of Na Hye-seok, a new woman who rejected outdated authority and corrupt practices and resisted morality. It also showcases the life and unique artistic world of Choi Wook-kyung, an outstanding painter who fought against prejudice against women through her grandiose canvases and vibrant colors.
In 'Reality is the Master', the focus is on the lives of Yun Du-seo, who abandoned his ambitions for public office early on due to the limitations of his social status as a Namin and aggressively confronted the discord with the times through painting; Oh Yun, who rejected institutional art and questioned the social function and role of printmaking; and Ryu In, who seemed to have been guaranteed social success, including a brilliant list of awards, but instead revealed his discord with society through his works, making us guess at his hidden pain.
In 'Poetry Completes the Painting', the life and art world of Lee In-sang, who lived with the pain of being born into a noble family but achieved noble character and artistic and academic achievements, and Jeon Gi, who was a self-taught painter who led the poetry, calligraphy, and painting of the 19th century middle class but died young in his 30s, are depicted.
In 'What is Korean Painting', we cover the short but passionate lives of Gu Bon-woong, who, despite the despair caused by his physical disability, madly exploded with passion for art with his innate talent and befriended the genius poet Lee Sang; Lee In-seong, a genius painter who established his own unique artistic world in his youth, but whose vain death leaves a deep regret; and lastly, Kim Jong-tae, the greatest painter of his time, who had a brilliant career of winning six consecutive special awards at the Seonjeon Art Exhibition and was the first Western painter to be recorded as a recommended painter at the Seonjeon Art Exhibition.
These geniuses, who lived unfortunate lives, accepted the artistic agony and distress they had to endure as pioneering pain, and were willing to sacrifice themselves to the tyranny of their time.
Good and bad luck visited every corner of their lives, and eventually they gave up their lives in the face of the inevitable fate of 'death'.
But we have neglected such a life of suffering.
This book is a tribute and memoir to the painter of this land who, with his self-righteousness and madness, was at odds with the world, took over his time, and boldly became a martyr to art.
If you're feeling very miserable, let's just die on a Sunday.
Even if you come back then, I won't be alive anymore.
Your lady, have no fear.
Even though I may never see you again, my soul is with you.
As we fall in love again, the candles will burn brightly like hope.
My eyes may be wide open just to look at you.
- Jeon Hye-rin
'Premature death' refers to dying at a young age.
But can this simple sentence adequately explain this fateful word, 'premature death', which is quite shocking and passionate?
『Yojeol』 captures the fiery lives of genius painters.
People who lived with the weight and depth of a life that could never be called ordinary or happy, due to innate passion, incurable loneliness, madness and artistic spirit that they could not handle on their own, and a love that would be worth even death.
The twelve artists featured here were gifted with special abilities from the moment of their birth.
They challenged the established order and always dreamed of a new world.
He was at odds with the world and succumbed to fateful love.
So, although their lives were painful, the works of art and artistic spirit they left behind will surely shine forever.
The author of this book, as a scholar, is primarily a poet, but his themes of insight into humanity, nature, society, and history have always transcended the realms of language (poetry) and visual art (painting).
Although it may sometimes be called 'adventure', his deep interest and passionate passion for art, conveyed through his brilliant writing skills, always arouses admiration in readers.
He said that the numerous related materials he consulted while preparing this book provided him with endless joy.
The lives and art of deceased painters who dealt with subjects that were by no means pleasant gave him the great happiness of re-reading the hidden aspects of their lives.
Through the artists who died young featured in this book, we can glimpse the short lives they lived and the passionate works they produced.
Even if I console myself by saying that it was a life so beautiful that it was a work so wonderful that I could not create it even if I devoted my entire life to it, I cannot help but feel the regret and emptiness of my short life.
Twelve painters who died young, transcending time and organized by theme.
Above all, this book chose to classify authors by subject rather than following the flow of the times.
Lee Jung-seop and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, were grouped into one category, and Na Hye-seok and Choi Wook-kyung, who were female painters but active in different periods, were grouped into one category.
The period goes back to the late Joseon Dynasty and covers the lives of Yun Du-seo, Lee In-sang, and Jeon Gi.
In 'Fate Meets Love', Lee Jung-seob and Son Sang-gi, who committed suicide after a passionate love affair, were put into one category.
It deeply illuminates the lives of Lee Jung-seob, who met the fateful woman Masako at a time when he was receiving acclaim as 'Luo of the East' and ended up living a miserable life, and Son Sang-gi, who faced the world with pride in order to overcome his physical disability but was ultimately powerless in the face of love and suffered from an inferiority complex that could never be completely cured.
In "In the Name of Women," the film reveals the turbulent life of Na Hye-seok, a new woman who rejected outdated authority and corrupt practices and resisted morality. It also showcases the life and unique artistic world of Choi Wook-kyung, an outstanding painter who fought against prejudice against women through her grandiose canvases and vibrant colors.
In 'Reality is the Master', the focus is on the lives of Yun Du-seo, who abandoned his ambitions for public office early on due to the limitations of his social status as a Namin and aggressively confronted the discord with the times through painting; Oh Yun, who rejected institutional art and questioned the social function and role of printmaking; and Ryu In, who seemed to have been guaranteed social success, including a brilliant list of awards, but instead revealed his discord with society through his works, making us guess at his hidden pain.
In 'Poetry Completes the Painting', the life and art world of Lee In-sang, who lived with the pain of being born into a noble family but achieved noble character and artistic and academic achievements, and Jeon Gi, who was a self-taught painter who led the poetry, calligraphy, and painting of the 19th century middle class but died young in his 30s, are depicted.
In 'What is Korean Painting', we cover the short but passionate lives of Gu Bon-woong, who, despite the despair caused by his physical disability, madly exploded with passion for art with his innate talent and befriended the genius poet Lee Sang; Lee In-seong, a genius painter who established his own unique artistic world in his youth, but whose vain death leaves a deep regret; and lastly, Kim Jong-tae, the greatest painter of his time, who had a brilliant career of winning six consecutive special awards at the Seonjeon Art Exhibition and was the first Western painter to be recorded as a recommended painter at the Seonjeon Art Exhibition.
These geniuses, who lived unfortunate lives, accepted the artistic agony and distress they had to endure as pioneering pain, and were willing to sacrifice themselves to the tyranny of their time.
Good and bad luck visited every corner of their lives, and eventually they gave up their lives in the face of the inevitable fate of 'death'.
But we have neglected such a life of suffering.
This book is a tribute and memoir to the painter of this land who, with his self-righteousness and madness, was at odds with the world, took over his time, and boldly became a martyr to art.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: October 31, 2002
- Page count, weight, size: 360 pages | 658g | 153*225*18mm
- ISBN13: 9788986361711
- ISBN10: 898636171X
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