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<Collection of Short Comments on the Exhibition>

I wish the ink-like black would light up lighter 23. Park Jae-gap brush work and knife work, which looks like an
and lighter under brilliant chaos... Being fully touched by the harmonized beauty effort to preserve his nature through the quantum
- Kim Hee-jeong: Doctor of Philosophy, of line, color, classic and modern, I celebrate the of vitality and diversity destroying the boundary
Sungkyunkwan University, and Senior Deputy exhibition of Doctor Gosan Choi Eun-cheol’s of art fields to bring them into disorder and
Chairman, Korean Calligraphers Association masterpieces that express especially Hangeul ambiguity of chaos. I am afraid that such vitality
characters clearly delivering meanings of words of colors accumulated with brush work and knife
20. Lee Hong-jae with profound color tone so that they can highly work layer by layer may leave a scratch on his
《Gosan YungHwa (古山融和, Gosan’s stand out. road from a chaos to another chaos. I celebrate his
YungHwa Painting)》 - Park Jae-gap, honorary professor of Seoul work also waiting for the chaos of matured colors
Gosan (古山, old mountain) is a Gosan (高山, National University to come to us later.
high mountain) - Soyeon Park Jeong-yi (Doctor of Philosophy)
Korean calligraphy must change to survive 24. Park Jeong-gyoo
If not change, it will meet death, therefore, I have ever met Gosan in person few times only 27. Song Ha-kyeong
It will meet death for some official events without any personal Vivid is the true look of Doctor Gosan’s
If its characters do not look beautiful relationship. Maybe I knew him only by his works philosophical agony and aesthetic work of
It can’t be calligraphy but I feel like I have been related with him for a thoughts on calligraphic arts.
If not beautiful long time. ‘From a Chaos to another Chaos, Everlasting
Gosan Choi Eun-cheol, When I think of him, I say just one phrase about Circulation of All Life and Nature in Universe
You must be both old mountain and high him: Neither Beginning Nor Ending’, I truly celebrate
mountain I wish I often meet him! Doctor Gosan’s work that has realized Zhuāng-
To live as Choi Gosan Maybe, I can say one more phrase about him: zǐ’s view of the world into a calligraphic world of
- Yoolsan Lee Hong-jae, Chief, Leading I want to see him to talk over any important the 21st century. (Song Ha-kyeong)
Calligraphers Group of Korea Calligraphy matter!
Association In addition to such phrases, I call him the 28. Song Ha-jin
calligrapher who shows large-minded pieces with Gosan is the art director for the World Calligraphy
21. Buddhist Monk Moojin deep-thought contained in every piece armed Biennale of Jeollabuk-do, who is dealing with the
Tao and Buddha go on one way ㅡ Confucianism, with his own unique artist personality and art issue of handling and extending calligraphy in
Buddhism and Taoism are all going altogether philosophy he majored in. I cheer for him to modern ways based on his art philosophy.
through the universe. always be a noble artist in such a young look. Setting the convergence of Confucianism,
With a full expectation to the exhibition! Buddhism and Taoism and the fusion of the East
22. Park Byeong-cheon and the West, the past and the present and line and
Doctor Choi’s New Art World 25. Park Jeong-sook color as ‘Chaos’, he tries to blossom a new art life
This work is made by a variety of techniques Where does the power come out of to swim from from such setting. Such will and practice of his
based on calligraphy, inscribing and painting a chaos to another chaos? are remarkable.
for the figures of Hangeul calligraphic style, Gosan’s convergent idea and everlasting I expect him to become ‘Bungsae (Big Bird
Chinese character calligraphic style and engraving experimental spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism imagined in the world of Zhuāng-zǐ) flying up
calligraphic style that light up the unknown world and Taoism must be the energy source to get from the sea of ’Chaos’ that every corner of the
on the brilliant and antique look rock face, so convergent of the past and the present and to fuse world pays attention to.
that it seems to push me into the unknown world philosophy and calligraphic painting into one - Song Ha-jin, Chairman of the Organizing
that is connected to a vague ancient world. I wish piece. Committee, World Calligraphy Biennale of
your work will get brighter and brighter with such - San-nae Park Jeong-sook (Doctor of Philosophy) Jeollabuk-do
unique creation activities.
- Park Byeong-cheon(Honorary Professor, 26. Park Jeong-yi 29. Ahn Jong-yik
Gyeongin National University of Education) The artist has worked on his pieces based on What an art of calligraphy for convergence!
Taoist boundary of thoughts so far. In this Such a convergence that encourages you to get
exhibition, however, he added colors onto the satisfied with the instinct of both life and death!

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