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Project 1991-2000

We all live, usually thinking that cabbages have to grow together with cabbages, the
weeds have to grow together with weeds, and the rice has to grow together with
rice. However, they are friendly rivals while hey live helping each other.

Discovers Harmony and Coexistence in Nature Men Are Involved in
In his following series <Project 1991-2000>, Chung focuses more ny, peace, and unification can be attained in a harsh contemporary
on the sights of nature after exploring places fraught with the scars society.
of division. His landscape of unknown mountains in Gangwon-do
features trees, grains, and weeds in sync with their spatial back- He turned his eyes to the city after completing the series <Proj-
grounds such as mountains, fields, and streams. What counts here is ect 1991-2000> he worked on for almost 10 years. He executed
that the objects he has given attention are all parts of nature where <Contemplation in city> (2001), a series that represents an ecolog-
humans are involved in. Crops are in harmony with wildflowers ical life in which man and man as well as the city and nature are in
and weeds in a field, a space where they all recognize one another. collision or harmony while maintaining his viewpoint and attention
The sights in which men makes wounds on nature and men and to nature humans are involved in. He envisages life forms with the
nature heal each other and coexist convey his message that harmo- innocent souls laden with pure energy through contemplation.

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