Sponsored by: Art Center ‘Sol’
Independent Curator : Ok-real Kim
Artists paint, supposing that there is someone to look at their work. Creating
art and its maintenance cannot be done by one single person, but require art
appreciators. Art continues because they exist. Thus the artistic creation and
its appreciation co-exist and are done simultaneously. If the latter means to
have artistic experiences, the first means to express such experiences and
realize them in a specific work. However, it is not that simple and easy to
express and encapsulate these artistic experiences in an image. It certainly
requires talents and efforts, which does not mean that art belongs to some
special group of people, for artistic experiences include the psychological
activities occurred in a play. Everyone (not only artists) has a memory of play
in childhood. The most important element in understanding the creation and
appreciation of art is play and its amusement. ……
Men pursue infinity through art, which is connected with the amusement that a
child feels in a play. They build a castle in the air for themselves. Anguish
arises from dissatisfaction on life’s limit, and illusion comes from a pursuit
of infinity. Finally, play and art, fruits of illusion, open up the possibility
of loving the reality. In other words, art narrows the distance between self
and the object, and allows us to cherish life. It is the fruit of our creative
activities, which requires its appreciators. Now I invite all who are losing
love in heart to come to the realm of all possibilities, to yearn for infinity
and to communicate with it.
July 25th, 1997
Okreal Kim(Independent Curator)