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Sen Chung: Pictures in a Gallery | ARTLECTURE
  • Sen Chung: Pictures in a Gallery
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untitled, 2018,oil on canvas,50x40 cm

Pictures in a Gallery

Jungran Cho

Inspired by the thoughts on the idea of ‘what is painting?’, Sen Chung throws questions on the very existence and value of painting. Chung assumes the viewer, the painting, and the outside world as the three distinct elements when looking at a work of art in space, and emphasizes on the element of painting and explores the meaning of painting within the gallery space.

Chung’s works presented in this exhibition are a reinvention of the ‘study paintings’ from 3 years ago, without the semi-abstract forms and with abstract forms of various colors portrayed on a background with an achromatic color tone. What unfolds on Chung’s canvas is the narrative that is conjured up at the precise point of encounter between the long history of Western art history and the spirit of East Asian ink and wash painting. Chung explores the contact point between East Asian painting and Western painting, based on his East Asian sensibilities. In a way, the geometric shapes that cast a stark contrast with the ink landscape-like background hover like planets in outer space. The repetition of primary colors of red, blue, yellow and green, evocative of the five traditional colors of Korea, and the basic shapes such as point, line, circle and square seem to question what painting is, and lies in its meaning. Chung does not give any clues as to where to place one’s gaze in his works, but his brush strokes lead our gaze all over the surface of his paintings. In a confined environment, the artist 's meditative attitude is rendered through his paintings, and his inner chaos and isolation are cast on the screen after a long period of contemplation, becoming manifest via the ambiguous brush strokes. Painting itself is a life-long question for Chung, who places the value of his work production on the interpretation and reinterpretation of the ‘aesthetics of painting’ in contemporary meaning and context.


‘What Makes a Painting a Painting?’

‘What is a painting?


When looking at a painting from a neutral stance, Chung’s questions appear to be unsolved questions. His work is a continuation of an endless process, and a trace of perpetual thinking in the artist’s life.


  Accepted  2018-05-11 12:21

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