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<Collection of Short Comments on the Exhibition>

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

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