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ⒸADAGP 수원화성 Oid Castle at Hwasung 53.0x45.5cm Oil Painting 2014 (2015 MIAF 유네스코세계유산회화제. 예술의전당 한가람미술관)

C. Renew Methodology to utilize Materiality and Ex-materiality

The main methods of <Nature & I> are from drawing, making, erasing and corrosion skills. To include German expressionism style of dark brown color,
despite to restrict expression skill, it establishs broad wild panorama space. Natural pigments such as charcoal color and artificial chemical pigments
are commonly accepted. Instead of brushing, she uses machine grinding skills to overcome the expression limit to establish special effect of symbolic
Humanism. Through physical hand grinding, the shadow and simplified images are intermingled on the surface.

In the book of Five Faces of Modernity, Matei Calinescu explained Romanticism that Baudelaire had in mind, if we consider "modern" as an antonym for
"romantic" in his novel; certain women's romantic expression as a more recent terminological opposition. The explanation is compared to the challenging
spirit from the experimental artist such as Hong-sook Sohn. Despite simple description but is the fruit from avant-garde spirit, brass plate, powder
ingredients, and epoxy...etc are applied, the metal specific glittering sharp optical feeling is coming out. However, not cold but warm, and soft precious
emotional feeling comes up, so it could be the result of same being of subject and background on the harmonious gestalt composition. It comes to
contemporary human's speedy sense that is the simultaneous action of see and feel.

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