Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | So distant, so near
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| Other authors / contributors: | Park, Ji-young Demol, 1970- artist.
Lee, Lee Nam, 1969- artist.
Schwartz-Arenales, Laure, curator.
Fondation Baur, musée des arts d'Extrême Orient, host institution.
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| ISBN: | 9791254600504
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| Notes: | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Baur Foundation, Museum of Far Eastern Art, Geneva, 20 March - 30 June, 2024.
Includes bibliographical references.
In French and English.
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| Summary: | Shortly after the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and South Korea, this book chronicles the first encounter between two contemporary Korean artists: Ji-Young Demol Park and Lee Lee Nam. Their landscapes - accompanied here by a selection of ancient works from the Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet and the Baur Foundation - are an expression of the links established over the centuries between cultures and objects, materials, colours, and motifs. Jade- and pine-coloured celadon, horizon lines tinged with blue by cobalt oxide, porcelain glazed the colour of snow or the moon: all are echoed in the works of these two creators, whose artistic sensibilities intersect and resonate with the landscapes of the great painter Jeong Seon (1676-1759). Many aspirants have followed in the footsteps of this famous artist of the Joseon period (1392-1910) and have identified with him. Despite their formal differences, what unites Ji-Young Demol Park's ink-bathed mountains and Lee Lee Nam's virtual landscapes are the originality and vitality of their relationship with this heritage, and the power of their respective artistic visions, which both strive to inspire a re-enchantment with nature in the viewer.
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