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Hwasaan, Kang - Incidental Dominion in Life
Hwasaan, Kang - Incidental Dominion in Life
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Incidental Dominion in life - Requiem 2014
Hwassan Kang, Goowon

“Incidental dominion means that some sort of power can to influence us can produce un-
expected results beyond our control by watching us from unexpected places and serving
as a contingency (from the appreciation note by Kim Yeong-jae).” To the contrary, the
beginning of life is an implied theme based on the fact that it is the inevitable result
with strong contingent factors. Subsequently, it has continued with subtitles: “Incidental
Dominion in Life ? Cleaning Ritual for Fishing”, “Incidental Dominion in Life ? Stupa”, “In-
cidental Dominion in Life ? stillness and movement”, and “Incidental Dominion in Life ? at
vineyard”.

“Incidental Dominion in life - Requiem 2014” aims to understand the pain and mourn
the victims in the shocking and tragic “sinking of the MV Sewol” occurred in April 2014
and means a record as an artist and communication. He has begun using his pseudonym
“Hwassan (화산; 和山)” since the beginning of the year in his 30th year of life as an artist.
The meaning clarifies the harmony of rivers and mountains, or the balance of nature. In
order to breathe life into a virtual image of painting with these multiple meanings, it is
necessary to represent the historicity and spirituality as a product of the time and identity
of the painter at the same time. Moreover, such works remain as a language in the sense
of true communication.

In 1989, Hwassan’s first exhibition was held on the subject of “Requiem”. At that time, it
was held in the literal sense of requiem for the victims who met with a tragic end in the
1980s including the Gwangju Uprising and for the harmony among people as a persistent
theme for the future. Since the 1990s, he has converted to abstraction in tendency and
concept of his works on the theme of “Incidental Dominant” and continuously explored
“Incidental Dominion” as a theme of painting thus far.

“Incidental Dominion in life - Requiem 2014” shows how a painter reflects current life as
a painter in paintings, naturally represents how free it is in the space of the canvas, and
simply interprets it by abstract formative language. I hope that we have quality time by
revealing ourselves as looking at ourselves in the mirror in late fall of 2014.

-At the 2014 painting depot KSAP
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