「親愛的 我把食物變大了」Haru K 2023 創作個展
「HONEY, I BLEW UP THE FOOD 」Haru K Solo Exhibition
韓國藝術家Haru K 1980年生於韓國光州，經歷過1988年首爾奧運會，對於全球化造成韓國的文化激變有著深刻的感受，那時西方文化大量快速地進入，造成韓國文化主體性的迷失，生長在此一時期的Haru不斷思考自我主體性以及外在環境的關係。在首爾弘益大學美術系求學期間，Haru觀察到傳統山水畫的沒落以及不合時宜，所以Haru一邊釐清自身文化，一邊不斷思考如何走出傳統山水畫的框架，畫出讓現代人也能欣賞的山水。
泡菜火箭 Kimchi~~hot!! 2023 壓克力、韓國紙 Acrylic guashu on korean paper 116.8×80.3cm
Haru認為「自我」是「肉體層面」和「精神層面」的加總，Haru將維持肉體生存的「飲食」與維持精神活絡的「藝術」結合在一起，藉此展現自我的主體性。他依託東方水墨畫，試圖將傳統山水畫所追求的精神寄託帶入現代生活中。Haru的山水畫結合了「傳統繪畫對於理想世界的追求」和「構成現代生活的物質」，在他的作品中，大自然象徵著心靈，食物象徵著肉體，他的作品可以說是連接精神和肉體之間的橋樑，將兩者完美地融合在一起。
對決法棍 Bang! Bang! Bread! 2023 壓克力、韓國紙 Acrylic guashu on korean paper s 40x100cm
Haru將傳統山水畫與各種美食巧妙相結合，是一幅幅色、香、味俱全的作品。Haru在碗盤中造景，將一道道佳餚轉變成山川平原，其中還有無憂無慮的縮小人物在一旁歡快地玩耍。正當畫作喚起我們對各種食物香氣和味覺的記憶時，我們時而如格列佛遊記中的巨人般，在作品前以旁觀者的角度看畫中人物嬉戲，時而進入畫作裡，跟著畫中的小人物一起搭乘泡菜火箭升空、跳傘降落在海鮮麵上、跟著旅遊團去辣炒年糕火山口觀光、奮力攀爬草莓冰山、看著馬鈴薯旋風驚呼、在沙拉裡游泳、站在法式長棍麵包上如西部牛仔般對決。
悠閒甜點-刨冰 II A Restful Dessert (bingsu) Ⅱ 2023 壓克力、韓國紙 Acrylic guashu on korean paper 65×51cm
Haru的創作純粹、愉悅，他擁有天馬行空的想象力，顛覆了現實世界的常識，他的繪畫將傳統和現代、精神和物質、理想和現實、自然的遼闊和微小的人類結合在一起，作品訴諸情感、強化知覺、創造出超越既有經驗的想像。看著Haru的作品，就好像享用了一頓豐盛的韓式美食，他以日常生活中的飲食作為主題，分享了他日常的幸福感，建立起藝術與觀者的親密關係。他的山水提供了現代人一種全新的享樂美感，讓觀眾在藝術裡「吃盡人間美味，閱盡人間美色」
Born in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980, Haru K experienced the cultural shock caused by globalization after the 1988 Seoul Olympics. With the rapid influx of Western culture, the subjectivity of Korean culture was lost, and Haru, who grew up during that time, constantly pondered the relationship between his own subjectivity and the external environment. While studying at the Department of Fine Arts at Hongik University in Seoul, Haru observed the decline of traditional landscape painting and its outdatedness. Thus, he endeavored to clarify his own culture while contemplating how to break free from the traditional framework of landscape painting and paint landscapes that modern people can appreciate.
Haru believes that the "self" is the sum of both the physical and spiritual aspects, and he combines the act of "eating" to maintain physical survival with "art" to maintain spiritual liveliness, thereby showcasing his own subjectivity. He draws on traditional Eastern ink painting and attempts to incorporate the spiritual pursuit of traditional landscape painting into modern life. Haru's landscape paintings combine the "ideal world pursuit of traditional painting" and the "material that constitutes modern life." In his works, nature symbolizes the mind, while food symbolizes the body. Haru's works can be said to be a bridge connecting the spirit and the body, perfectly merging the two.
Haru cleverly combines traditional landscape painting with various gourmet dishes, creating works that are colorful, aromatic, and flavorful. He creates landscapes in bowls and dishes, transforming each dish into mountains, rivers, and plains, with carefree and miniaturized characters playing happily on the side. While the paintings evoke memories of the aroma and taste of various foods, viewers are sometimes like giants in Gulliver's Travels, observing the characters frolicking in the painting as bystanders, and sometimes enter the painting and join the miniatures, riding on a kimchi rocket, parachuting onto a seafood noodle bowl, following a tour group to see the hot and spicy rice cake volcano, climbing a strawberry ice mountain with all their might, watching in awe as the potato tornado swirls, swimming in a salad, and standing on a French baguette like a Western cowboy ready to duel.
Haru's creations are pure and joyful, and he possesses an imaginative mind that defies the common sense of the real world. His art combines tradition and modernity, spirit and material, ideals and reality, and the vastness of nature with the smallness of humanity. His works appeal to emotions, enhance perception, and create imaginations that surpass existing experiences. Looking at Haru's works is like enjoying a sumptuous Korean meal; he uses food and drink in daily life as his subject matter, sharing his sense of happiness and establishing an intimate relationship between art and the viewer.
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Haru K Solo Exhibition 親愛的我把食物變大了 HONEY,I BLEW UP THE FOOD
展期 2023 4/27-6/25 開幕 2023 4/29 Sat.14:00 地點 藝星藝術 地址 台北市大安區敦化南路二段63巷53弄9號1F 交通 捷運信義安和2號出口 電話 02-3322-3052 時間 週二-週日11:00-19:00，每週一公休