광주시립미술관 어린이갤러리
신체 드로잉 등 퍼포먼스 작품
아카이브·예술놀이 등 네 파트
놀이처럼 선뵌 미술교육 ‘눈길’
어린이를 비롯한 가족 단위 관람객들이 1970년대 한국 실험미술의 대표적인 작가의 작업을 직접 체험할 수 있는 전시가 광주시립미술관 어린이갤러리에서 열려 눈길을 끌고 있다.
김준기 광주시립미술관 관장은 “접근하기 어려운 실험미술을 이해하기 쉽게 풀이한 체험형 전시를 통해, 미술 자체가 일상생활과 자연에 스며들어 있는 즐거운 것임을 깨닫는 기회가 될 것이다”며 “이번 전시가 어린이들에게 새롭게 주변과 사물을 관찰할 수 있는 창의력을 키울 수 있는 시간이 되길 바란다”고 말했다.
도선인 기자 sunin.do@jnilbo.com
An exhibition that allows children and families to experience the work of a leading Korean experimental artist from the 1970s is attracting attention at the Gwangju Museum of Art's Children's Gallery. The Gwangju Museum of Art has been holding ‘Five Steps’, an interactive exhibition introducing the work of Lee Kun-Yong, one of the leading figures in Korean contemporary art, at the Children's Gallery from the 17th of this month. The exhibition allows visitors to experience the artist's intriguing way of drawing and dealing with materials. The exhibition actively uses archival materials such as photographs and videos of the artist's work process and results to help people understand experimental art, which has been difficult to access. For this, various visually familiar and interesting experiences are provided for children to look at things from a different perspective. The exhibition is divided into four parts: Archive, Draw Your Own Painting, Art Play, and As It Is. In particular, the exhibition title, ‘Five Steps,’ is the title of the artist's work that can be experienced in the ‘Art Play’ section. The artist repeats the action of calling out ‘one, two, three, four, five’ at the same point every step and drawing a line on the fifth step. You can experience the mysterious phenomenon that the same action is performed each time, but the result is different. Body Drawing, located in the Draw Your Own Painting section, is an interesting experience zone where children can draw using their own bodies, and their physical actions become paintings. The exhibition will also showcase Lee's major performance works such as ‘Logic of Hands’, ‘Bodyscape’, and ‘Logic of Place’, as well as representative works of Korean experimental art such as ‘Corporal Term’, which transforms natural objects into art. In particular, ‘Logic of Hands’, ‘Bodyscape’, and ‘Logic of Place’ are eye-catching, as the participants' bodies and actions become art. In addition, through experiences and materials related to the ‘Corporal Term’ that use natural objects as they are, visitors can develop a new perspective and creativity in looking at nature, and inspire interest in nature and ecology. The exhibition's composition leads visitors to engage with various art worlds in a playful way through appreciation and experience, while at the same time educating them on the sensory and cognitive experiences of the body through art. Through this, it is expected to be a citizen-friendly exhibition where visitors can meet the needs of both play and education. The exhibition will continue until 23 June 2024. The artist was born in 1942 in Sariwon, Hwanghae-do, and graduated from Hongik University's Department of Western painting in 1967. He was a founding member of the avant-garde art group ST (Space and Time) and has since participated in major biennials, including the 1973 Paris Biennale, 1979 São Paulo Biennale, 2000 Gwangju Biennale, and 2014 Busan Biennale. He has also had solo exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in 2014 and the Busan Museum of Art in 2019, where he presented performances and works that reflected the logic that he has been building. ‘Through an experiential exhibition that makes experimental art, which is difficult to access, easy to understand, it will be an opportunity to realize that art itself is a joyful thing that permeates everyday life and nature,’ said Kim Jun-ki, director of the Gwangju Museum of Art. ’I hope this exhibition will give children a chance to develop their creativity to observe their surroundings and objects in a new way.’
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