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The Layered Painting of Seungtaik Jang |
| An except from a text of 'Eui Keum Sang Kyung' |
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Lee Jin-Myung(Critic) |
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JANG Seungtaik (íåã÷Ê, 1959-) is an alchemist who takes control of all the materials and transforms those into light. By using the main color revealed on the outside, JANG controls numerous hidden colors contained in the main color. That is a metaphor of transcendence. In his past works, colored light grains placed flatly on plexiglass asserted their existence. The final. singular color that resulted from overcoloring of countless brushstrokes toward the number 100, has continuously attempted to compete and reconcile with the underlaying. hidden colors. A person's life holds its meaning in the permanent readjustment of relationships with other people and with nature. A single color on the surface of JANG's painting refers to oneself. A person constantly becomes reorganized by the relationship with other colors (people) and the setting of the relationship with other lights (sky). In reply to a lasting and permanent question about the essence of art as a pursuit of the meaning of human beings through beautiful objects, JANG's paintings provide a suitable answer. When he was asked about the essence of art and the method of looking at the world, the artist responded in the following sentences. "Although light and colors are basic elements that compose a painting, those become ultimate elements together with translucent materials in my works. The true meaning of my work is to reveal the spirit by specifying materiality through multiplied transparent hues and circulation of light." The "revealment of the spirit" he states refers to the revealment of the mind given to a person by heaven, and such a mind points to a state in which all subjects are harmonized as one, thus being elevated to the reverence. JANG's painting is an alchemy achieved through a combination of the main color on the surface and the numerous colors hidden underneath the main color. Simultaneously, it is a narrative in which competition and reconciliation of those elements imply the meaning of the world. |
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