Paintings that Embody the Meekness of the World and Korean Culture
Paintings that Embody the Meekness of the World and Korean Culture Jun-seok Jang (Art Critic, Director of Korean Art Criticism Research) Hyelim Chang is a passionate painter who studied and took her residence in the United States in the 1990’s. In the early days, Chang enjoyed drawing contemporary subjects, which can be called the world’s public paintings. However, as she became aware of the love and the preciousness of Korean art, originating from her own identity, she began to actively draw paintings with Korean characters. As the world became one with the advent of the postmodernism era and the cultural characteristics of each region became more important, Chang’s work was influenced. Chang’s Korean castle is not merely derived from the egoism of the region, but conforms to the postmodern globalization, and her work is a high level of coexistence of modernity and c...
