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<Collection of Short Comments on the Exhibition>

I like you enjoy the art 54. Hong Seo-jin - ‘Art Flash Mob’, held for public interest first in
You may stand with some fear but I whom I can’t find out under the chaos of China – to donate a number of calligraphic pieces
Please get rid of such a small drop of fear to madness! in order to support art education in rural villages in
Enjoy the life and art fully It is nothing containing something that the person China. Having seen him in several calligraphers’
blinded in white has found out finally under a ray meetings, I have felt that his brush work is fast
51. Choi Don-sang of light after wandering and wandering about! with clear calligraphic intention and abundant
You are always warm like a full moon anywhere - Geumjeong Hong Seo-jin form changes of brush touch, so that I could
any time. You are always large-minded taking not help continuously applauding with so much
any big matter not too much seriously. I like you 55. Hwang Bo-geun touching emotion on such pieces of his as ‘道法
Gosan. A work is revelation of the artist her/himself or 自然 (Learning from Nature as It is by Itself)’, ‘滌
You must have been so busy with other issues too self-awareness of her/his life. 除玄覽 (Getting Enlightened Out Of Darkness)’,
that you would not have had enough time to work Gosan is an artist who shows crush emotion, ‘自疆不息 (Working by Yourself without Rest)’
on the pieces but... profound philosophy and a variety of art and etc. I have been amazed of his familiarity
Thank you for giving me such a good chance to characteristics, and who has embodied such grand with and understanding of Chinese culture and
enjoy such good work. theme as convergence of philosophy and art under philosophy. I met him again recently in 2019
I sincerely congratulate the exhibition. Please also the name of ‘YungHwa Painting’. attending ‘Exhibition of the Works Possessed
take a good care of health. His ‘YungHwa Painting’ has deepened the from World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do’
- Dongwoo with love for Gosan from Gwangju. tradition to finally contain the character that meets that took place in Ai-huó village, an international
what the time requires. That is, he has created a pottery town of Luòyáng-sāncǎi. I wish this
52. Choi Won-bok new aesthetic language. exhibition a great success. I also further expect
I pay my tribute of praise to your effort for Sima Yi unified China. He has been said to be the this exhibition to help enhancing interchange with
opening of a new horizon of calligraphy. master of reigning equipped broadly with courage, Ai-huó village of Luòyáng and between Korean
I wish your effort of getting convergent of modern wisdom and morality: he was good in playing and Chinese calligraphers.
sense and painting elements will be a road for a sword on horse and brush at desk; he was working
new direction to be established in calligraphy. hard in daily life with humble stance to attribute 57. Liú-xīn
- Former Chairman, Fine Arts Association of merits to the others all the time. Last September, I participated in two big events
Incheon Gosan is good in playing knife and brush, and held in Korea: The Calligraphy Exhibition of East
well-thoughtful and fully-practical in daily life and Asian Cultural Cities of Korea, China and Japan;
53. Huh Hoi-tae social matters as an artist. That is, he is a highly World Calligraphy Biennale of Jeollabuk-do. I felt
On every piece of this exhibition, Choi Eun- proficient Confucian and a general with virtue at amazed realizing that both events were all planned
cheol shows such philosophical aesthetics the same time. Therefore, I expect a lot about the by Choi Eun-cheol. I was also touched by such
existing in himself that has homogeneous and worlds and the ways that he will create with. huge pieces painted by Choi. At my first glance,
impulsive principle. His work is apart from the - Hwang Bo-geun, Chairman, Inscribers every piece looked accumulated layer by layer
fields of any general abstraction. This work is Association of Korea(Master of Inscribing and like a piece of East Asian traditional landscape.
extracting symbolic elements from East Asian Honorary Doctor of Literature) Such beautiful pieces lighted brightly with
philosophies and widely categorized areas of abundant colors of golden yellow, which made all
them to show the artist’s tenacity for creation of <China> of us fall into thoughts. At my close glance, such
elegant formativeness. It makes me feel the edge pieces were just one big piece consisting of 21
of character abstraction. In the wide formativeness 56. Gguō-ài-huó pieces. Closely looking at such pieces, there were
that Choi Eun-cheol is going for, however, the I met Choi Eun-cheol first in 2015. calligraphy and inscribing of red, black and white
Eastern and Western aesthetics are all fused He is a highly ideological and creative for classical oracle bone scripts, gentle Sojeon
to become the aesthetics of the global village calligrapher. He and I have been seeing each other calligraphic styles, energetic Haengcho styles and
stimulating our brains. for the past few years. Hangeul characters. It was my first experience
- Written by Huh Hoi-tae that I saw such a huge art piece harmonizing
He is also so much affectionate artist. For several
years, he has regularly attended the art fair [Day] grand calligraphic paintings into one place. The
artist boldly structured it with powerful visual

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