Textiles works are the most important works that represents Asian countries. Mostly all the textile works are exported to western countries from Asia, because textile works are very famous in Asia especially in Korea. One of the most famous Korean artists, Kimsooja’s works is based on fabrics that were sewn out of colorful clothing from thread and ink. Recently when I went at the show KIMSOOJA Unfolding, Vancouver Art Gallery, I got to see many remarkable textile works made by her, it seemed very beautiful seeing the whole segment of the gallery decorated with her colorful textile works.
The artist has collected Korean clothing fragments for making collage works using geometric compositions. Kimsooja is a new generation artist who abandoned paints & canvasses and chose to use everyday materials like traditional silk or cotton clothes with colorful motifs. These turned out to be her new ‘canvas’ and needle & thread has become her ‘brushes’. In 1980s, she switched these used clothing in to covers and objects and made bundles or ‘Bottari’. She then used these works in her video installations and performances. Her method of working was unique, in which she considered her own body as ‘needle or thread’ and the world as the ‘canvas’. Her performances were recorded with video camera with immense amount of energy so as to interact with the world.
In the show “Kimsooja Unfolding” at Vancouver Art Gallery, there were many incredible videos and the fabric works. But out of all those works, I consider the most interesting work is “Cities on the move- 2727 kilometer bottari truck”, a single-channel 7 minutes 33 seconds long silent video projection. In the video, the highly talented and creative Kimsooja is portraying a blue truck loaded wit...
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The exhibition highlights works addressing time, memories and displacements; also the relationship between human body and the material world. It includes early textile based pieces from the 1980s. Her works combined performances in videos. Themes of consumption, greed inequality and life as a spectacle are explored through a vibrantly colored media. Kimsooja is an internationally acclaimed conceptual multimedia artist. Throughout her various works, she shows interest identity, migration and common bonds that binds all the people. She believed in equality whatever be the language, tradition and culture. She is renowned for her unique creative art, which makes use of colorful fabrics in an innovative way.
1. The article by Joann Kealiinohomoku concerns the topic of dances as they are perceived by scientists. In regards to this, she claims that dance is always a form of ethnological identity of people. The author explains this concept on the example of ballet dance, which is regarded by scientists as the high form of art created by Western tradition. The purpose of proving that ballet is also an ethnic dance revealing our cultural ideas and traditions embodied in the characters is to show that perception of dance as ethnic cannot be represented in form of its lower status. According to Kealiinohomoku, the ballet reflects traditions “our cultural heritage is revealed also in the roles which appear repeatedly in our ballets” (Kealiinohomoku 40).
At first glance, Hejduk’s drawing presents itself as an act of childish gesture, with a simple and circular sun at the upper right corner and loose hatching styles. But as I observe the drawing closely, I start to identify peculiarity in the pattern and careful selection of geometries and colors. In an interview with a reporter, John Hejduk states “you can only get into something if you understand or are willing to.” My first task is not to create a descriptive narrative of the...
Considering the ancient art of Korea, unfortunately, not much is known. The country of Korea has been constantly shaped and reshaped by existing civilizations, namely, China. Korea's vulnerability geographically, has made Korea constantly throughout history open to many influences- namely China. Despite this overwhelming influx of alien influence from China, Korea's art forms indeed had maintained it's individuality. The Chinese and Korean peoples are very different; ethnically, and culturally. Therefore, even though Korea did attempt to mimic styles from the Chinese, it still maintained it's overall individualistic forms. In my paper I would like to emphasize the marked individuality of Korea. That throughout Korea's art history, Korea was not just another, "Chinese province."
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