Hong SoonJoo
In Korean Sumukhwaor, Japanese `Sumi-e´ is known as literati painting or in wash painting, which was developed in ancient China using the same materials —brush and ink on paper. Emphasis is placed on the beauty of each individual stroke of the brush. The Chinese speak of “writing a painting” and “painting a poem.”
Hong Soon Jooworks bring Sumukhwa into a contemporary interpretation.
Indifferent brush strokes made in freedom were the start of my artworks. The brush strokes are made freely, as if they are breathing. I take natureʼs ʻself-actingʼ as the meaning of freedom and hence endeavoured to convey it through my works. My works, in general terms, are correspondence to subjects and at the same time realisation of my unconsciousness, which is fulfilled at a highly concentrated state of mind.
My works can be categorised into two segments. The first segment is gestures of hanji(Korean paper)-brush and ink-water, and the second segment is gestures of hanjibrush and ink-shell powder. I attempted to build spatial levels on the surface by adding artificial lines to hanji, which embody coincidental expressions. This attempt is my effort to portray the dialectical relationship between nature and artificiality.
